Important context
No stock screener can guarantee “the most return in the least time.” What we can do is bias the search toward stocks that historically behave in a way that could produce big short‑term moves—at the cost of much higher risk and volatility. These filters were built with that trade‑off in mind.
Screening Filters
Market Cap: 300M – 20B (market_cap)
- Purpose: Focus on small to mid‑cap names where big price swings are more common, while avoiding the very smallest micro‑caps.
- Rationale:
- Very large companies (mega/large caps) usually move more slowly; it’s harder to get “maximum return in minimum time” there.
- Very tiny micro‑caps (<$300M) can move a lot, but often on illiquidity, manipulation, or poor fundamentals. Setting a floor at $300M is a compromise between potential upside and basic quality/liquidity.
- Capping at $20B keeps us in a universe where sizeable short‑term moves are still realistic.
High Risk / High Beta (beta: HighRisk)
- Purpose: Select stocks that historically move more than the market (both up and down).
- Rationale:
- High beta = more sensitive to market moves, often bigger percentage swings daily/weekly.
- If you want “most return in least time,” you logically need volatility; high‑beta stocks are where that lives.
- This also means downside is amplified, which matches the high‑risk nature of the request.
Relative Volume ≥ 1.5 (relative_vol: min: 1.5)
- Purpose: Find stocks currently trading with significantly higher volume than usual.
- Rationale:
- Relative volume > 1.5 means today’s trading activity is at least 50% higher than its typical level.
- Elevated volume often precedes or accompanies strong moves (breakouts, breakdowns, news‑driven runs).
- This tilts the list toward in‑play names where short‑term moves are actively happening, not sleepy stocks.
1‑Month Price Change ≥ +20% (month_price_change_pct: min: 20)
- Purpose: Filter for recent strong momentum winners.
- Rationale:
- A 20%+ move in a month indicates aggressive buying pressure or a strong narrative.
- Momentum tends to cluster: stocks that recently moved a lot are more likely (not guaranteed) to continue showing volatility and trend behavior in the near term.
- This aligns with your desire for “fast” returns by favoring names already demonstrating strong upside movement.
US Major Exchanges Only (list_exchange: XNYS, XNAS, XASE)
- Purpose: Restrict to primary US exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX).
- Rationale:
- These exchanges have stricter listing standards and better liquidity than OTC or pink‑sheet markets.
- You still get high‑volatility candidates (via other filters) but with more transparent reporting, tighter spreads, and generally better execution.
- This keeps the search aligned with “US stocks” and avoids the riskiest, most opaque venues.
Predicted 1‑Week Return ≥ +8% (one_week_predict_return: min: 8)
- Purpose: Use a predictive model to prioritize names with an expected strong short‑term upside.
- Rationale:
- An 8%+ predicted 1‑week return is a high bar; it deliberately narrows the list to stocks where the model sees meaningful short‑term upside potential.
- This directly targets your time horizon: “least time” ≈ 1 week or less, so a strong 1‑week forecast is a relevant signal.
- It does not ensure the return materializes; it’s a probabilistic screen, not a guarantee.
Why Results Match Your Intent
- The screener explicitly targets high‑volatility, high‑beta, small/mid‑cap names where large short‑term moves are most common.
- It layers in recent strong momentum (+20% in a month) and unusually high current volume, which both signal active trading and potential continuation of big moves.
- It emphasizes near‑term upside by requiring a model‑predicted 1‑week return of at least +8%, aligning with your desire for fast gains rather than long‑term compounding.
- It confines results to US‑listed stocks on major exchanges, keeping the list within a more regulated, tradable universe while still retaining substantial risk/reward.
Combined, these filters don’t promise quick profits, but they systematically push your search toward the corner of the market where rapid, outsized moves—up or down—are most likely to occur.
This list is generated based on data from one or more third party data providers. It is provided for informational purposes only by Intellectia.AI, and is not investment advice or a recommendation. Intellectia does not make any warranty or guarantee relating to the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of any third-party information, and the provision of this information does not constitute a recommendation.