What options stock will go bearish today

Screening Filters

1. is_optionable: True

   • Purpose: Restrict results to stocks that have listed options.
   • Rationale: You specifically asked about options stocks. This filter ensures every result actually has options available to trade, excluding non-optionable equities.

2. option_sentiments: ['Bearish']

   • Purpose: Capture stocks where options activity is signaling a negative outlook.
   • Rationale: “Expected to show bearish trends” is essentially a sentiment/expectation question. This filter looks for bearish clues in the options market (e.g., higher put activity vs. calls, put/call ratios, bearish positioning), aligning the list with stocks traders are currently positioning against.

3. moving_average_relationship: ['PriceBelowMA20']

   • Purpose: Identify stocks in a short-term downtrend.
   • Rationale: Technical traders often use the 20-day moving average as a short-term trend gauge. When price is below the 20-day MA, it typically indicates a bearish or weakening trend. This ties the “expected to show bearish trends” phrase to a concrete technical signal.

4. price_change_pct: {'min': '-12', 'max': '-0.5'}

   • Purpose: Focus on stocks that are already down meaningfully today, but not in total collapse.
   • Rationale:
     • Lower bound (-12%): Ensures we catch names experiencing a solid negative move, consistent with bearish action.
     • Upper bound (-0.5%): Excludes flat or positive movers so the list reflects stocks showing weakness today, not just over prior days.
     • Avoiding extreme crashes (> -12%) filters out highly abnormal events that may not reflect a typical, tradable bearish trend.

5. volume: {'min': '300000'}

   • Purpose: Ensure sufficient trading activity and liquidity.
   • Rationale: A minimum 300k shares traded today avoids thinly traded names where price moves can be random, spreads wide, and options liquidity poor. For bearish trades (especially via options), you want liquid stocks where price and option quotes are more reliable.

Why Results Match Your Question

• The options-only filter (is_optionable) ensures every stock is actually tradable with options.
• The bearish options sentiment filter (option_sentiments: Bearish) aligns with “expected to show bearish trends,” using positioning in the options market as a forward-looking clue.
• The price below 20-day MA plus negative intraday price change confirm that these are not just theoretically bearish but are acting bearish technically and today.
• The volume requirement keeps the list focused on actively traded, more reliable names for real-world options trading.

Together, these filters narrow the universe to liquid optionable stocks that are currently weak and where options traders are signaling a bearish outlook.