Todays top stocks to gain?

Screening Filters

1. Region: United States

   • Purpose: Restrict results to U.S.-listed companies.
   • Rationale: You specifically asked for “the US stock market,” so limiting the region to the United States ensures foreign listings and ADRs from other markets aren’t mixed in.

2. Exchange: ['XNYS', 'XNAS', 'XASE'] (NYSE, Nasdaq, NYSE American)

   • Purpose: Focus on the main U.S. stock exchanges.
   • Rationale: These are the primary U.S. exchanges where most reputable and heavily traded stocks are listed. This removes OTC/pink sheet names, which can be very illiquid, more speculative, and can distort “top performer” lists with unusual one-off moves.

3. Market Cap: min 300,000,000 (≥ $300M)

   • Purpose: Filter out micro-cap and nano-cap stocks.
   • Rationale: Very small companies can show huge percentage moves on tiny volumes and news, which may not be representative of broadly relevant “top-performing” stocks. A $300M minimum focuses on more established businesses with at least some institutional interest.

4. Price: min 3, max 500 (between $3 and $500)

   • Purpose: Avoid penny stocks and extremely high-priced outliers.
   • Rationale:
     • Min $3: Stocks under $3 are often highly speculative and volatile; they frequently dominate “top gainers” lists but are not what most investors mean by top-performing in a practical sense.
     • Max $500: Caps out ultra-high-priced shares (e.g., some specialty or non-split stocks) that can show large dollar moves that don’t necessarily reflect typical trading opportunities for most investors.

5. Volume: min 1,000,000 (≥ 1M shares traded today)

   • Purpose: Ensure stocks are highly liquid and actively traded today.
   • Rationale: Top-performing names should be meaningfully traded, not just moving on a few small orders. A volume floor of 1M shares helps surface stocks where the price move is backed by strong market participation and is more actionable (tighter spreads, easier entry/exit).

6. Price Change % (Today): min 5.0001 (≥ +5%)

   • Purpose: Identify strong positive performers for the day.
   • Rationale: “Top-performing” for a single day typically refers to the biggest percentage gainers. Requiring at least a +5% daily move screens for notably strong performance relative to the broader market, which on most days moves far less than this.

Why Results Match Your Request

• The region and exchange filters make sure you’re looking strictly at mainstream U.S. stocks.
• The market cap, price, and volume filters focus on liquid, reasonably established companies where performance is meaningful and tradable.
• The price_change_pct ≥ 5% filter directly targets stocks that are among today’s stronger gainers, aligning with your interest in “top-performing” names for the current session.