List the top 5 stocks by volume

Screening Filters

1. volume ≥ 0

   • Purpose: Include all stocks regardless of their trading volume.
   • Rationale:
     • Your question is to list the top 5 stocks by trading volume. To correctly find the true top 5, we must start from the entire universe of eligible stocks and then sort them by volume.
     • Setting min volume = 0 is effectively “no volume filter,” which means we don’t accidentally exclude lower‑volume stocks that might still rank high on a specific day or in a specific context.
     • The actual ranking (sorting by highest volume and then picking the top 5) is done after this step, not via the filter itself.

2. list_exchange ∈ {XNYS, XNAS, XASE} (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX)

   • Purpose: Restrict results to major U.S. exchanges.
   • Rationale:
     • You explicitly asked for US stocks, and these three exchanges are the primary U.S. stock markets:
       • XNYS = NYSE
       • XNAS = NASDAQ
       • XASE = NYSE American (formerly AMEX)
     • By limiting to these exchanges, we ensure we’re not pulling in foreign listings, OTC markets, or other non‑U.S. venues that don’t match your request.
     • This aligns the universe of candidates with “US stocks” in the conventional sense.

Why Results Match:

• The exchange filter correctly scopes the search to U.S. stocks, which is what you requested.
• The volume filter (≥ 0) intentionally avoids excluding any U.S. stock based on volume, so that when we sort by trading volume and select the top 5, we’re truly getting the highest‑volume U.S. names from the full eligible universe.

We don’t need any additional indicators or specialized metrics beyond volume and U.S. exchange membership to satisfy your question, so these filters are appropriate and sufficient for your request.