Screening Filters
Price: min $5, max $400
- Purpose: Find stocks that fit your budget and avoid ultra-speculative penny stocks.
- Rationale:
- With below $1,000, a max price of $400 ensures you can buy at least 2–3 shares and still manage position sizing (instead of being forced into a single very expensive share).
- A minimum of $5 filters out extremely low-priced, often illiquid or highly risky penny stocks that are usually unsuitable for disciplined short‑term trading.
Monthly Average Dollar Volume: min $1,000,000
- Purpose: Ensure the stocks are liquid enough for short‑term trading.
- Rationale:
- A minimum of $1M traded per month means there is sufficient buy/sell activity so you can enter and exit quickly without moving the price too much.
- Liquidity is critical for short‑term strategies; illiquid names can have big spreads and slippage that can wipe out short‑term gains.
Relative Volume (relative_vol): min 3
- Purpose: Focus on stocks with unusually high current trading activity.
- Rationale:
- A relative volume ≥ 3 means the stock is trading at least 3x its typical recent volume, often indicating a catalyst (news, breakout, large buyers) that can drive short‑term price moves.
- This directly supports your short‑term gains preference by highlighting names “in play” right now rather than quiet, range‑bound stocks.
List Exchange: ['XNYS', 'XNAS', 'XASE']
- Purpose: Limit results to major, regulated U.S. exchanges (NYSE, Nasdaq, NYSE American).
- Rationale:
- These exchanges have stricter listing standards, better transparency, and typically tighter bid‑ask spreads, all of which are important for active short‑term trading.
- It avoids OTC and very low‑quality markets that may be riskier and harder to trade efficiently with a small account.
One-Week Rise Probability (one_week_rise_prob): min 65
- Purpose: Emphasize stocks with a historically or model‑estimated higher chance of rising over the next week.
- Rationale:
- A minimum 65% probability of a 1‑week rise targets names where the statistical or model-based edge is tilted toward upside in the short term, aligning closely with your short‑term gain objective.
- This doesn’t guarantee gains, but it systematically prefers setups that have historically worked more often than not over a 1‑week horizon.
One-Week Predicted Return (one_week_predict_return): min 5
- Purpose: Ensure the potential short‑term upside is meaningful, not just slightly positive.
- Rationale:
- A minimum predicted 1‑week return of 5% focuses on stocks where the expected move is large enough to be attractive for a short‑term trader, after considering commissions, spreads, and normal noise.
- This avoids stocks that may have a positive bias but only a tiny expected gain that would not be worth the risk for your impatient, short‑term style.
Why Results Match Your Situation
- All candidates will be tradable within your sub‑$1,000 budget and not stuck in ultra‑illiquid penny stock territory.
- The liquidity and high relative volume filters focus on stocks that are active and easier to enter/exit quickly, which is essential for short‑term gains.
- The one-week rise probability and predicted return filters target names with a favorable short‑term statistical edge and meaningful upside, directly matching your desire for near‑term profit opportunities rather than long holding periods.
- Limiting to major U.S. exchanges further improves trading quality and execution for an active, short‑term trader.
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