Screening Filters
Monthly Average Dollar Volume ≥ $500,000
- Purpose: Ensure stocks are reasonably liquid and tradable.
- Rationale: For short‑term ideas, you need to be able to enter and exit positions without huge slippage. A minimum dollar volume of $500k weeds out illiquid, thinly traded names that can be hard (and risky) to trade, while still leaving room for mid‑cap and smaller liquid stocks that might make strong short‑term moves.
Moving Average Relationship: PriceAboveMA5, PriceAboveMA20
- Purpose: Focus on stocks in short‑term uptrends.
- Rationale:
- The 5‑day moving average is very short‑term; price above it suggests recent positive momentum over roughly the past week.
- The 20‑day moving average captures about a trading month; price above it indicates a broader, near‑term uptrend.
For “best short‑term” candidates, you generally want stocks already demonstrating upward price action rather than those still in downtrends or basing patterns.
RSI Category: Moderate
- Purpose: Avoid stocks that are extremely overbought or oversold.
- Rationale: A moderate RSI (typically neither very high nor very low) aims to find stocks with constructive momentum that are not yet stretched to extremes.
- For short‑term ideas, wildly overbought names can be prone to sharp pullbacks.
- Severely oversold names might still be in downtrends and not ideal if you’re looking for higher‑probability short‑term “strong buy” setups.
This strikes a balance: some momentum, but not at a blow‑off stage.
List Exchange: XNYS, XNAS, XASE
- Purpose: Limit results to major US exchanges.
- Rationale: The user asked for US market stocks. NYSE (XNYS), Nasdaq (XNAS), and NYSE American (XASE) are the primary US exchanges, with better listing standards, transparency, and liquidity than many OTC or foreign exchanges. This keeps the universe aligned with “US market” and higher‑quality listings.
Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy
- Purpose: Filter for stocks with the most bullish analyst views.
- Rationale: The user specifically requested “strong buy” stocks. Requiring a “Strong Buy” consensus means:
- A majority of covering analysts rate the stock at their most positive level.
- It often reflects favorable expectations for earnings, fundamentals, or catalysts.
While analyst ratings are not guarantees, they are a direct way to match the user’s “strong buy” requirement and screen for names with supportive institutional sentiment.
Why Results Match the User’s Request
- The “Strong Buy” analyst consensus directly targets the user’s desire for “strong buy” ideas.
- The price above 5‑day and 20‑day moving averages plus moderate RSI tilt the results toward stocks in constructive short‑term uptrends, which is appropriate for short‑term trading or tactical entries.
- The US exchange filter (XNYS, XNAS, XASE) confines the universe to the main US market, as requested.
- The liquidity filter (≥ $500k average dollar volume) ensures that the shortlisted names are realistically tradable for short‑term strategies.
Taken together, these filters are designed to surface US‑listed stocks that (1) are liquid, (2) are in near‑term uptrends without being extremely overbought, and (3) carry a Strong Buy consensus from analysts—closely matching “best short‑term strong buy stocks in the US market.”
This list is generated based on data from one or more third party data providers. It is provided for informational purposes only by Intellectia.AI, and is not investment advice or a recommendation. Intellectia does not make any warranty or guarantee relating to the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of any third-party information, and the provision of this information does not constitute a recommendation.