Best moving stock right now

Screening Filters

1. Market Cap ≥ $2,000,000,000

   • Purpose: Focus on larger, more established companies.
   • Rationale:
     • When someone asks for the “best-performing stock in the US market,” they usually care about meaningful, investable names rather than tiny, illiquid penny stocks that can spike wildly on low volume.
     • A minimum market cap of $2B targets mid-cap and large-cap companies, where strong performance is more likely to reflect real business strength or major news, not random price manipulation.

2. Price ≥ $5

   • Purpose: Exclude penny stocks and ultra-low-priced shares.
   • Rationale:
     • Very low-priced stocks can move 20–50% in a day on small trades, which can make them appear as “best performers” but with huge risk and often poor fundamentals.
     • A $5 minimum price narrows the list to more mainstream, institutionally investable stocks, making “best-performing” more meaningful and less driven by noise.

3. Average Daily Volume ≥ 2,000,000 shares

   • Purpose: Ensure results are liquid, actively traded stocks.
   • Rationale:
     • High volume means tight bid–ask spreads, easier entry/exit, and price moves supported by broad market participation.
     • This helps avoid thinly traded names where a small number of trades can create extreme but misleading “performance.”

4. Daily Price Change % ≥ 5.0001%

   • Purpose: Capture stocks with strong positive performance “right now.”
   • Rationale:
     • Your question is time-sensitive (“right now”), so a meaningful single-day move is a reasonable proxy for current “best performance.”
     • A 5%+ move in a mid/large-cap, liquid stock is significant and usually driven by major catalysts (earnings, guidance, M&A, regulatory events, etc.), aligning with the idea of standout performance today.
     • The boundary at just over 5% ensures we strictly capture moves greater than or equal to 5% in practice.

5. Region: United States

   • Purpose: Limit search to the US market.
   • Rationale:
     • You explicitly asked about the US market, so foreign listings and ADRs outside the US are excluded.
     • This keeps results consistent with US trading hours, regulations, and typical US investor access.

6. Exchange: XNYS (NYSE), XNAS (NASDAQ), XASE (AMEX)

   • Purpose: Restrict to major US stock exchanges.
   • Rationale:
     • These are the primary US equity exchanges where most reputable, widely followed companies trade.
     • Excluding OTC, pink sheets, and minor venues further removes low-quality, easily manipulated issues from the “best-performing” list.

Why Results Match Your Request

• The filters focus on US-listed, sizable, and liquid companies, which is the most practical interpretation of “US market” for investors.
• The 5%+ daily price move criterion zeroes in on stocks that are performing exceptionally well today, making them candidates for “best-performing right now.”
• By excluding illiquid, very small, and ultra-cheap stocks, the screen highlights performance that’s more likely to be meaningful and actionable, not just statistical noise or one-off price spikes.