Are these stocks good for swing trading?

Screening Filters

1. market_cap_category: large, mega

   • Purpose: Focus on big, established companies.
   • Rationale: Large- and mega-cap stocks like DELL, NVDA, AMD, PWR, and CAT usually have enough liquidity, analyst coverage, and institutional participation to make swing trading more workable. They tend to have cleaner technical setups and less random price behavior than smaller names.

2. relative_vol: min 1.5

   • Purpose: Find stocks with above-average trading activity.
   • Rationale: Swing traders need movement. A relative volume floor of 1.5 helps ensure the stock is trading with enough urgency to create short-term price swings and avoid dead, low-interest names.

3. beta: ModerateRisk, HighRisk

   • Purpose: Prioritize stocks that can move more than the broad market.
   • Rationale: Swing trading generally benefits from stocks with meaningful volatility. Moderate to high beta increases the chance of tradable price swings, which is especially relevant for names like NVDA and AMD.

4. moving_average_relationship: PriceAboveMA20, PriceCrossAboveMA20

   • Purpose: Identify short-term bullish momentum or a fresh breakout attempt.
   • Rationale: Stocks trading above the 20-day moving average, or just crossing above it, often have positive short-term trend structure. This is useful for swing trading because it suggests the stock may be in an active upswing rather than a downtrend.

5. macd: positive, bullish

   • Purpose: Confirm momentum is improving.
   • Rationale: MACD positivity or a bullish MACD signal helps validate that the trend has momentum behind it. This reduces the chance of selecting stocks that are technically overextended or losing strength.

6. rsi_category: moderate

   • Purpose: Avoid stocks that are too overbought or too weak.
   • Rationale: A moderate RSI range is often ideal for swing trading because it suggests the stock still has room to move without being stretched. That makes entries more attractive and lowers the risk of buying into an exhausted move.

7. region: US

   • Purpose: Limit results to U.S.-listed stocks.
   • Rationale: This keeps the universe relevant to the user’s market and ensures the names are familiar, liquid, and easy to trade in U.S. hours.

8. list_exchange: XNYS, XNAS, XASE

   • Purpose: Restrict to major U.S. exchanges.
   • Rationale: Stocks listed on the NYSE, Nasdaq, or NYSE American are typically more liquid and easier to execute in with tighter spreads, which is helpful for swing traders.

9. is_optionable: True

   • Purpose: Filter for stocks with listed options.
   • Rationale: Optionable stocks usually have stronger liquidity and more market interest. Even if the user is trading shares only, optionability often signals a more mature, widely followed stock with better trading characteristics.

Why Results Match:

• The screen is built for liquid, actively traded U.S. large-cap names, which is a strong starting point for swing trading.
• The technical filters point to short-term bullish momentum: price above the 20-day moving average, bullish MACD, and moderate RSI.
• The volatility filters ensure the stocks have enough movement to create swing opportunities, but not so much that they become purely speculative.
• The optionable and major-exchange filters help favor stocks with tighter spreads and easier execution, which matters when entering and exiting swing trades.
• Taken together, these filters are well suited to identifying names like DELL, NVDA, AMD, PWR, and CAT that can produce tradable swings without being overly illiquid or erratic.