Stocks under $5 likely to be bullish today

Screening Filters

1. Price: 0.50 – 5.00 USD

   • Purpose: Find low-priced stocks “under $5” while avoiding extreme penny stocks.
   • Rationale:
     • Upper bound $5 directly matches your request for stocks under $5.
     • Lower bound $0.50 removes ultra‑cheap names (sub‑$0.50) that are often highly illiquid, prone to wild moves, and more driven by noise than by identifiable “bullish” setups. This keeps the list more tradable and realistic.

2. Moving Average Relationship: PriceAboveMA20

   • Purpose: Capture stocks that are in a short‑term uptrend.
   • Rationale:
     • When price is above the 20‑day moving average, it’s a classic sign of a short‑term bullish trend.
     • This directly addresses “likely to be bullish today” by requiring that the stock is already trading above a key trend line rather than below it in a downtrend or consolidation.

3. RSI Category: Moderate

   • Purpose: Focus on bullish candidates that are not yet overbought.
   • Rationale:
     • A moderate RSI (typically in the mid‑range, neither oversold nor overbought) suggests momentum is positive or building but not stretched.
     • This avoids names that are already extremely overbought (where a pullback is more likely), giving you stocks that can still have room to move higher intraday while maintaining a “likely bullish” bias.

4. Daily Price Change %: min 2%

   • Purpose: Ensure the stock is actually moving up today, not just in the past.
   • Rationale:
     • Requiring at least +2% gain intraday filters for stocks already showing bullish action today, consistent with your timing (“today”).
     • It removes flat or red names even if their trend is positive, so you see currently active, bullish movers.

5. 1‑Week Price Change %: min 5%

   • Purpose: Confirm a short‑term bullish trend leading into today.
   • Rationale:
     • A +5% or more move over the last week indicates that buyers have been in control recently, not just for one spike day.
     • Combining this with today’s positive move strengthens the case that the stock is in a sustained short‑term uptrend, aligning with “likely to be bullish today” rather than a random one‑day pop against a downtrend.

6. Exchange List: XNYS, XNAS, XASE (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX)

   • Purpose: Limit results to major US markets, as requested.
   • Rationale:
     • Your question specifies the US market, so filtering to NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX ensures all results are US‑listed.
     • These exchanges also tend to have better liquidity and more reliable pricing than OTC or foreign listings, which improves tradeability for intraday bullish setups.

Why Results Match:

• They are US‑listed stocks under $5, matching your price and market constraints.
• They show active bullish behavior today (up at least 2% intraday).
• They are in a short‑term uptrend (price above 20‑day MA and up at least 5% over the past week).
• They have non‑extreme momentum (moderate RSI), which supports the idea of being “likely bullish today” without being already exhausted.

Together, these filters narrow the universe to low‑priced US stocks that are both trending up recently and moving up today, which is exactly what you’re asking for.