What stocks will be bearish today

Note on “likely to be bearish”

It’s not possible to guarantee which stocks will be bearish on a given day. What we can do is screen for stocks that currently show signs of bearish pressure (price action and options sentiment) and therefore have a higher probability of continuing that behavior in the short term.

Screening Filters

1. Market Cap ≥ $1,000,000,000

   • Purpose: Focus on established, larger companies.
   • Rationale:
     • Larger-cap stocks tend to have better liquidity, more analyst coverage, and more reliable price/volume patterns.
     • When you’re looking for “bearish” stocks to trade, you generally want names where price moves are less likely to be random illiquidity spikes.

2. Share Price between $5 and $150

   • Purpose: Avoid penny stocks and extremely high-priced names.
   • Rationale:
     • Stocks under $5 are often illiquid, highly speculative, and can show erratic moves that don’t reflect true bearish sentiment.
     • Extremely high-priced stocks (e.g., $500+) can be harder to trade for many retail traders due to capital constraints and larger bid–ask spreads.
     • The $5–$150 range focuses on more “tradable” names where bearish setups are more practical for most traders.

3. Monthly Average Dollar Volume ≥ $500,000

   • Purpose: Ensure sufficient trading activity and liquidity.
   • Rationale:
     • Dollar volume (price × volume) is a strong liquidity measure.
     • A minimum of $500k per day on average helps filter out thinly traded stocks where bearish moves might be hard to enter/exit or easily manipulated.

4. Price Change % ≤ -2% (today)

   • Purpose: Capture stocks that are already moving down significantly today.
   • Rationale:
     • A maximum of -2% means the stock is down at least 2% today, which is a concrete sign of bearish intraday pressure.
     • This aligns very directly with “likely to be bearish today,” because we’re not guessing direction—we’re filtering for stocks that are already exhibiting bearish price action.

5. Exchange: XNYS, XNAS, XASE (NYSE, NASDAQ, NYSE American)

   • Purpose: Limit results to major U.S. exchanges.
   • Rationale:
     • These markets have stricter listing standards, better transparency, and generally higher liquidity than OTC or pink sheet markets.
     • This improves the reliability of price moves and reduces the noise from obscure or very small foreign listings when scanning for bearish candidates.

6. Option Sentiments: Bearish

   • Purpose: Add a second layer of confirmation from the options market.
   • Rationale:
     • “Bearish” option sentiment typically reflects increased put buying, put open interest, or skew that indicates traders are positioning for downside.
     • Combining bearish options sentiment with negative price action increases the probability that the stock is genuinely under short-term bearish pressure, not just experiencing a random downtick.

Why These Results Match Your Request

• The price change filter (≤ -2%) directly targets stocks already moving lower today, matching your focus on near-term bearishness.
• The bearish options sentiment filter adds confirmation from derivatives markets, highlighting names where traders are actively betting on further downside.
• Liquidity, market cap, price range, and major-exchange filters ensure that the bearish stocks surfaced are tradable, established, and less prone to random illiquid spikes, making them more useful candidates for bearish trading strategies (shorting, buying puts, etc.).