Exploding stocks

Screening Filters

1. Market Cap ≥ $1,000,000,000

   • Purpose: Focus on established, tradable companies rather than thinly traded micro-caps or penny stocks.
   • Rationale:
     • The user wants “stocks…currently experiencing significant growth or volatility,” not purely speculative illiquid names.
     • A minimum $1B market cap keeps us in the realm of companies with meaningful business operations, analyst coverage, and better transparency, while still allowing for strong moves in price.

2. Relative Volume ≥ 1.5

   • Purpose: Capture stocks trading with unusually high activity compared to their normal volume.
   • Rationale:
     • Relative volume > 1 means today’s trading activity is above the stock’s typical level; ≥ 1.5 suggests distinctly elevated interest.
     • High relative volume often accompanies breakouts, sharp moves, or news-driven volatility, making this a direct proxy for “currently experiencing” heightened activity.

3. Monthly Average Dollar Volume ≥ $500,000

   • Purpose: Ensure sufficient liquidity so price moves are meaningful and tradable.
   • Rationale:
     • Dollar volume (price × shares traded) captures how much money is actually flowing through the stock.
     • A $500k+ threshold filters out illiquid names where large price swings may be due to just a few small trades, and makes the results more practical for real-world trading or investing.

4. Beta = HighRisk (High Beta)

   • Purpose: Target stocks that historically move more than the overall market.
   • Rationale:
     • Beta measures sensitivity to market moves; high-beta stocks typically show greater day-to-day volatility.
     • Selecting “HighRisk” (high beta) directly aligns with the “volatility” part of your question, favoring names that are more likely to swing significantly.

5. 1-Week Price Change ≥ +5%

   • Purpose: Identify stocks already showing strong short-term moves.
   • Rationale:
     • A gain of 5%+ in just one week is notable for most established companies.
     • This ensures we’re not just picking historically volatile stocks, but ones that are currently moving in a meaningful way over the very near term.

6. 1-Month Price Change ≥ +20%

   • Purpose: Capture stocks in a strong, immediate-term uptrend.
   • Rationale:
     • A 20%+ move in a month is a strong signal of “significant growth” in price.
     • This focuses the results on stocks that have recently experienced substantial appreciation, rather than stable or flat names, even if they are normally volatile.

Why Results Match Your Question

• “Significant growth” is addressed by:
  • 1-Week Price Change ≥ 5% and 1-Month Price Change ≥ 20%, which require recent, sizable price gains.
• “Volatility” is addressed by:
  • High beta (historically larger swings than the market).
  • Relative Volume ≥ 1.5, indicating current elevated trading activity often tied to sharp moves.
• Practicality and quality of names are ensured by:
  • Market Cap ≥ $1B and Monthly Average Dollar Volume ≥ $500k, which filter out the most illiquid and speculative tiny stocks, focusing on names where the moves are both meaningful and tradable.