Stocks

Quick Note on Your Goal

It isn’t possible to guarantee a fixed weekly profit (like $1,500 every week) because markets are unpredictable and involve risk. What these filters try to do instead is tilt the odds in your favor by focusing on stocks that have characteristics often used in active, short‑term trading strategies.

Screening Filters

1. Market Cap ≥ $10B (market_cap: {'min': '10000000000'})

   • Purpose: Focus on large, established companies (large-cap stocks).
   • Rationale:
     • Large-cap stocks typically have:
       • Higher liquidity (tight spreads, easier in/out for active trading).
       • More stable business models compared with small caps.
     • If you’re trying to generate frequent trading profits (e.g., weekly), you usually want:
       • Sufficient volume to enter and exit positions without moving the price.
       • Reduced risk of extreme single-company blowups or illiquidity.
     • This supports a strategy aiming for consistent, repeatable trades rather than “lottery ticket” jumps.

2. High Beta (beta: ['HighRisk'])

   • Purpose: Select stocks that move more than the overall market (higher volatility).
   • Rationale:
     • To make $1,500 per week, you typically need:
       • Either a lot of capital, or
       • Stocks that move enough in price to create trading opportunities.
     • High‑beta stocks:
       • Tend to have larger daily price swings (both up and down).
       • Provide more potential short-term profit per share traded.
     • This fits a more aggressive style: you’re intentionally seeking names that can move enough in a week to generate meaningful gains—accepting higher risk for higher potential reward.

3. Price Above 20‑Day Moving Average (moving_average_relationship: ['PriceAboveMA20'])

   • Purpose: Focus on stocks in a short‑term uptrend.
   • Rationale:
     • The 20‑day moving average is a common short‑term trend indicator.
     • When price is above the 20‑day MA, it often indicates:
       • Recent positive momentum.
       • Buyers are currently in control.
     • For a strategy aiming at weekly profits:
       • Trading with the trend (rather than against it) can slightly improve odds.
       • It aligns you with momentum instead of fighting it, which is generally better for short‑term swing trades.

4. One‑Week Rise Probability ≥ 70% (one_week_rise_prob: {'min': '70'})

   • Purpose: Select stocks that a model estimates have a relatively high probability of rising over the next week.
   • Rationale:
     • This is a probability filter based on historical patterns or some predictive model (not a guarantee).
     • A threshold of 70%:
       • Narrows the universe to names that historically or statistically tend to move up over a 1‑week horizon.
       • Directly targets the user’s timeframe (weekly profits).
     • Combined with high beta:
       • You get stocks that not only are likely (statistically) to rise, but also move enough for that rise to be meaningful.

Why These Results Match Your Request

• Weekly timeframe alignment:

  • The one‑week rise probability and 20‑day moving average both target short‑term behavior, which is appropriate for a weekly profit goal.

• Potential to generate $1,500 moves:

  • High beta stocks are chosen specifically because their price swings can be large enough in a week to make $1,500 possible if you size your positions appropriately and manage risk.

• Balance between opportunity and stability:

  • Large market cap helps ensure you’re trading liquid, more stable companies rather than highly speculative microcaps, which might be too risky or illiquid for consistent weekly trading.

• Momentum plus probability edge:

  • Price above MA20 + ≥70% one‑week rise probability both aim to stack the deck:
    • Favoring stocks already in short‑term uptrends.
    • Prioritizing those that historically have a higher chance of rising over the next week.

Together, these filters don’t guarantee $1,500 per week, but they are logically chosen to find large, liquid, volatile, upward‑trending stocks that statistical models suggest are more likely to rise in the coming week—conditions that are more suitable for attempting an aggressive weekly profit target.