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Screening Filters

1. Market Cap: 1B–10B USD

   • Purpose: Focus on mid-cap companies.
   • Rationale: ZD (Ziff Davis) is a mid-cap stock. When someone asks for the current status or analysis of ZD, a useful way to frame that is by looking at ZD in the context of similar-sized companies. Mid-caps typically have:
     • More stability than small caps
     • More growth potential than large caps
       This range brackets ZD’s size and finds peers in a similar risk/return profile.

2. Relative Volume ≥ 3

   • Purpose: Capture stocks with trading activity at least 3x their normal volume.
   • Rationale: In your prior history, ZD had a huge spike in volume around a major corporate event (asset sale), which was central to the analysis. A high relative volume filter:
     • Flags stocks currently experiencing unusual attention, as ZD did
     • Often coincides with important news or meaningful technical moves
       This mirrors the “current status” situation for ZD: a stock whose story is actively changing and being repriced by the market.

3. RSI Category: Moderate or Overbought

   • Purpose: Target stocks with strong recent momentum (RSI not oversold, leaning strong or hot).
   • Rationale: Previously, ZD’s RSI was approaching overbought after a sharp rally. Investors asking for “current status or analysis” right after a big move are often concerned about:
     • Whether momentum is sustainable
     • Whether the stock has become overheated
       Filtering for moderate/overbought RSIs picks up names in a similar technical posture to ZD—strong recent gains, but possibly at risk of pullback.

4. Price Change % ≥ 20%

   • Purpose: Find stocks that have recently moved up at least 20%.
   • Rationale: ZD had a very large single-day rally (~48%). A 20% threshold:
     • Ensures we’re only capturing big movers, not routine fluctuations
     • Focuses on situations where a “status update” or fresh analysis is most relevant because the investment thesis may have changed rapidly
       This directly reflects the kind of explosive move ZD experienced around the event you were analyzing.

5. Region: United States

   • Purpose: Limit results to U.S.-based or U.S.-listed companies.
   • Rationale: ZD trades in the U.S., and U.S. names:
     • Share similar regulatory, disclosure, and trading environments
     • Are easier to compare on metrics, news flow, and liquidity
       Keeping the region to the U.S. aligns peers and comparisons with ZD’s own market structure.

6. News Driver: Positive

   • Purpose: Select stocks whose recent move is driven by positive news or catalysts.
   • Rationale: ZD’s surge was triggered by positive corporate news (sale of its Connectivity division for $1.2B). Focusing on Positive news drivers:
     • Filters to stocks where the current status is being re-rated upward
     • Mirrors ZD’s situation of “good news → sharp rally → need updated analysis”

7. Exchange: XNYS, XNAS, XASE (NYSE, Nasdaq, NYSE American)

   • Purpose: Restrict results to major U.S. exchanges.
   • Rationale: ZD is listed on a major U.S. exchange. Using these exchanges:
     • Ensures better liquidity and more reliable pricing
     • Aligns with ZD’s trading environment and investor base
       This keeps comparisons relevant and avoids thinly traded OTC or foreign markets.

Why Results Match the User’s Query

• The combination of mid-cap size, large positive price move, high relative volume, and positive news catalyst is designed to recreate the exact kind of environment ZD is in when you ask for its “current status or analysis.”
• The RSI and volume filters specifically target stocks experiencing strong momentum and heavy interest, which is when investors most often want a fresh, risk-aware assessment—just as you’re requesting for ZD.
• By limiting to U.S. major exchanges, the screener stays in the same regulatory and market context as ZD, making any peer comparisons or pattern-based insights more meaningful to your question.