Crypto trading

Important Note on “Quick Money”

No screen or strategy can guarantee quick profits in crypto (or any asset). Prices can move violently in minutes, and you can just as easily lose money fast. What we can do is screen for coins that have characteristics traders often look for when trying to capture short‑term moves: liquidity, volatility, and current market interest.

Below is how each filter supports that goal.

Screening Filters

1. Market Cap ≥ 150,000,000

   • Purpose: Focus on medium‑to‑large, more established cryptocurrencies.
   • Rationale:
     • Very small “micro‑cap” coins can move a lot but are often easy to manipulate (pump‑and‑dump risk) and hard to exit quickly.
     • Requiring at least $150M market cap aims at projects big enough to have some stability, visibility, and exchange support, while still leaving room for meaningful price swings.

2. 24‑Hour Turnover (Trading Volume) ≥ 10,000,000

   • Purpose: Ensure high liquidity and active trading.
   • Rationale:
     • If you want to enter and exit quickly (your focus), you need enough daily trading volume so orders can be filled near the quoted price, without huge slippage.
     • A $10M+ 24‑hour turnover threshold filters out thinly traded coins where you might get “stuck” or move the market yourself.

3. 24‑Hour Price Change %: Between -5% and +25%

   • Purpose: Target coins that are moving, but avoid extreme outliers.
   • Rationale:
     • You asked about trading and “knowing when to buy and sell,” which implies you want price action, not dead charts.
     • Minimum -5%: Excludes coins that are crashing more than 5% in a day, which may signal panic or news-driven collapses that are hard to trade safely.
     • Maximum +25%: Excludes coins that have already spiked too much in the last 24h, where a sharp reversal (mean reversion) is more likely, and you might be “late to the party.”

4. 24‑Hour Volatility ≥ 3%

   • Purpose: Focus on coins that move enough to create trading opportunities.
   • Rationale:
     • For short‑term trading, a coin that barely moves won’t give you many chances to profit after fees and spreads.
     • A volatility floor (e.g., at least ~3% daily movement) ensures there is enough price range to attempt quick trades, aligning with your “quick money” goal—while not chasing the absolute wildest, riskiest coins.

5. Is Trending = True

   • Purpose: Capture coins currently getting attention (volume, searches, social mentions, etc.).
   • Rationale:
     • Trending assets are where many short‑term traders focus. They often have tighter spreads, deeper order books, and more predictable “herd behavior.”
     • Being “trending” can indicate active speculation—exactly the environment where short‑term trading strategies are commonly applied.

Why These Results Match Your Crypto‑Trading Goal

• They prioritize liquidity and size (market cap, turnover) so you can realistically get in and out using a platform like Webull without massive slippage.
• They ensure enough movement and interest (volatility, trending, controlled price change range) so there’s actual trading opportunity, not dead or abandoned coins.
• They try to balance opportunity and risk—you get coins that move and are in play, but avoid the most extreme, highly unstable, or easily manipulated tokens.

If you’d like next, I can walk through:

• How to use these kinds of filters in practice (e.g., entries/exits, stop‑loss ideas), or
• How to adjust the filters for a more conservative or more aggressive trading style.