Gold pick

Screening Filters

1. Market Cap ≥ $2,000,000,000

   • Purpose: Focus on larger, more established gold-related companies.
   • Rationale:
     • When someone asks for a “gold pick,” they often want liquid, better-known names rather than speculative micro-caps.
     • A $2B+ market cap tilts the list toward companies with more stable operations, better access to capital, and generally better disclosure and coverage, which can be important in a cyclical sector like gold.

2. Price Above 200-Day Moving Average (PriceAboveMA200)

   • Purpose: Identify stocks in a longer-term uptrend or at least not in a prolonged downtrend.
   • Rationale:
     • The 200-day moving average is a common technical indicator for the primary trend.
     • Requiring price above the 200-day MA filters for gold stocks that the market is already rewarding, rather than those still under heavy selling pressure.
     • For a “pick,” this aligns you with names showing relative strength in the gold space.

3. 1-Month Price Change ≥ 0% (month_price_change_pct ≥ 0)

   • Purpose: Ensure recent price action is at least stable to positive.
   • Rationale:
     • Even in an uptrend, some names can be correcting sharply. This filter screens out those that have been weak over the last month.
     • For a potential buy candidate, you generally don’t want something that has been falling consistently in the very short term unless you are explicitly seeking deep value or reversals.

4. Theme: Gold Mining and Precious Metals

   • Purpose: Restrict the universe strictly to gold- and precious metal–related companies.
   • Rationale:
     • Directly aligns with your “gold pick” request.
     • Ensures the results are in gold mining, royalty/streaming, or related precious-metals businesses, rather than unrelated sectors.

Why Results Match Your “Gold Pick” Request

• The theme filter ensures you’re only seeing gold and precious metals plays, which is the core of your request.
• The market cap filter steers you toward more established, typically lower-risk (within the gold sector) names instead of tiny speculative explorers.
• The trend (PriceAboveMA200) and recent performance (month_price_change_pct ≥ 0) filters bias the list toward gold stocks that are already behaving constructively in the market, which is often desirable when looking for a “pick” rather than a turnaround gamble.