Screening Filters
Market Cap ≥ $500M
- Purpose: Focus on reasonably established companies instead of tiny, highly speculative names.
- Rationale:
- “Fast rising” stocks can often be found among small and mid caps, but going too small (microcaps) greatly increases manipulation risk and illiquidity.
- A $500M minimum keeps you in a universe of companies that are still capable of sharp moves, but are more likely to have institutional interest, analyst coverage, and reliable data.
Price Between $3 and $150
- Purpose: Avoid ultra-low “penny stocks” and extremely high-priced outliers.
- Rationale:
- Stocks under ~$3 are often very volatile, thinly traded, and subject to pump-and-dump behavior—moves may be “fast” but not investable or repeatable.
- Capping at $150 excludes some very high-priced names that may move less in percentage terms and narrows the universe to more “typical” trading vehicles for active traders.
- This range tends to capture many stocks that can make strong daily percentage moves while still being accessible for most traders.
Average Daily Volume ≥ 1,000,000 Shares
- Purpose: Ensure high liquidity so you can realistically trade these fast movers every day.
- Rationale:
- “Fast rising” is not helpful if you can’t get in or out without moving the price yourself.
- A 1M+ volume filter targets actively traded stocks where bid-ask spreads are usually tighter and orders are more likely to fill quickly—critical for daily strategies.
Daily Price Change ≥ +5%
- Purpose: Directly capture “fast rising” behavior.
- Rationale:
- A 5% gain (or more) in one day is a clear sign the stock is moving quickly relative to the overall market.
- This filter zeroes in on the strongest positive movers each day, matching your desire to find “fast rising” names rather than just mildly up-trending stocks.
Region: United States
- Purpose: Limit results to U.S. stocks, as requested.
- Rationale:
- Ensures you only see companies listed in U.S. markets, aligning with your specific focus on U.S. stocks and avoiding foreign listings.
Exchange: NYSE (XNYS), NASDAQ (XNAS), AMEX (XASE)
- Purpose: Restrict to major U.S. exchanges.
- Rationale:
- These are the primary, most regulated, and most liquid U.S. exchanges.
- Excluding OTC and pink-sheet markets removes many highly speculative, illiquid, and potentially problematic tickers, while still capturing the vast majority of actively traded “fast movers.”
Why Results Match Your Goal
- The price change ≥ 5% filter directly targets stocks that are already moving up quickly on a given day.
- The volume and exchange filters ensure those movers are tradeable in practice—high liquidity and major U.S. venues.
- The market cap and price filters reduce noise from extremely risky microcaps and ultra-low-priced penny stocks, steering you toward fast movers that are more suitable for repeatable daily strategies.
- Region = United States ensures you’re only looking at U.S. stocks, exactly as you requested.
Together, these filters build a daily list of U.S. stocks that are:
- Listed on major U.S. exchanges
- Large enough to be credible but small/mid enough to move
- Liquid enough to trade
- Currently rising rapidly in price (≥ 5% on the day)
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.