What should I buy

Screening Filters

1. moving_average_relationship: PriceAboveMA200

   • Purpose: Select stocks whose current price is above their 200‑day moving average.
   • Rationale:
     • The 200‑day MA is a standard gauge of long‑term trend.
     • Price above the 200‑day line usually means the stock is in a longer‑term uptrend rather than a downtrend or base.
     • For the question “What assets should I consider buying?”, this steers you toward names with positive price momentum instead of trying to catch falling knives.

2. is_index_component: GSPC (S&P 500)

   • Purpose: Limit the universe to stocks that are constituents of the S&P 500 index.
   • Rationale:
     • S&P 500 companies are generally larger, more established, more liquid, and better‑covered than small caps or microcaps.
     • This aligns with a broad “what should I buy?” question by focusing on core, higher‑quality equity exposures rather than speculative fringe names.
     • It also increases the chance that any result is investable at size and available on mainstream brokers.

3. list_exchange: XNYS, XNAS, XASE (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX)

   • Purpose: Ensure results are listed on major U.S. exchanges.
   • Rationale:
     • Confirms you’re looking at liquid, regulated U.S. markets—no OTC, pink sheets, or foreign exchanges.
     • For a general “what to buy” inquiry, this keeps the list to widely accessible assets, complementing the S&P 500 filter.

4. revenue_5yr_cagr: min 8

   • Purpose: Require at least 8% compound annual revenue growth over the last 5 years.
   • Rationale:
     • Targets companies that are actually growing their business, not just stagnating or shrinking.
     • 8%+ over five years is a solid growth profile for large caps, suggesting the underlying business has momentum, not just the stock price.
     • This matches an investor looking for assets with a reasonable fundamental growth tailwind, not just technical setups.

5. pe_ttm: min 10, max 30

   • Purpose: Filter for stocks trading at a “reasonable” valuation range on trailing earnings.
   • Rationale:
     • Lower bound (10): Excludes ultra‑low P/Es that can indicate distressed, cyclical, or one‑off situations (potential value traps) rather than healthy companies.
     • Upper bound (30): Excludes the most expensive, hyper‑growth or hype‑driven names where you’re paying a very high multiple for future expectations.
     • This seeks a balance between quality/growth and valuation discipline—sensible for someone asking what to consider buying rather than pure speculation.

Why Results Match Your Question

• You asked broadly what financial assets you should consider buying. These filters narrow that down to:

  • Large, established U.S. companies (S&P 500 on major exchanges),
  • With proven business growth (5‑year revenue CAGR ≥ 8%),
  • Trading at moderate valuations (P/E 10–30, avoiding extremes),
  • In a confirmed long‑term uptrend (price above 200‑day MA).

• In combination, they’re designed to surface stocks that are:

  • Fundamentally solid (growing revenues),
  • Not obviously over- or under-valued to an extreme,
  • Technically strong (uptrend rather than downtrend),
  • And easy to trade in size and access via standard brokers.

So the screen doesn’t try to “guess the next ETH,” but instead gives you a curated list of higher‑probability, relatively high‑quality equity candidates that are reasonable to consider as buy ideas.