What will go up by 50+ % by monday

Quick Note on the Question

No screen or model can reliably identify assets that are expected (in the sense of any guarantee) to rise 50% in a couple of days. What we can do is look for assets with characteristics that historically correlate with big short‑term moves: high volatility, strong upside signals, and liquid derivatives (options) for traders.

The filters your colleague chose are built exactly for that purpose.

Screening Filters

1. Price: min = 0.5, max = 50

   • Purpose: Focus on lower- to mid-priced stocks where very large percentage moves (like 50%) are more feasible in a short period.
   • Rationale:
     • A $5 stock only needs to move $2.50 to gain 50%; a $500 stock must move $250, which is far less common in a couple of days.
     • Very low-priced “penny” stocks under $0.5 are excluded to avoid the most illiquid and easily manipulated names.

2. Beta: ['ModerateRisk', 'HighRisk']

   • Purpose: Select stocks that are more volatile than the overall market.
   • Rationale:
     • Big short-term gains almost always come from higher-volatility names.
     • Restricting to moderate and high beta explicitly targets stocks that historically move more than the index, increasing the chance (not guarantee) of large swings—up or down.

3. One-week predicted return: min = 15 (≥ 15%)

   • Purpose: Use a predictive model to find stocks with strong upside potential over the coming week.
   • Rationale:
     • A 15%+ model-predicted one-week return is already an aggressive upside signal.
     • While the user asked for 50% by Monday (very extreme), this filter narrows the list to names where the model sees unusually strong short-term upside, which is the closest realistic proxy.
     • It doesn’t promise 50%; it just focuses on the highest-upside segment.

4. Is optionable: True

   • Purpose: Ensure each stock has listed options.
   • Rationale:
     • Traders who seek huge percentage gains in a few days often use options (calls, call spreads, etc.) to leverage moves.
     • Requiring optionability ensures the results are tradable for this style of speculation and have enough institutional interest/liquidity to support an options market.

Why the Results Match the User’s Intent

• The price range (0.5–50) targets stocks where a 50% move is arithmetically and historically more plausible.
• The beta filter (Moderate/High risk) focuses on volatile names that are actually capable of large short-term swings.
• The one-week predicted return ≥ 15% brings in only those stocks where a quantitative model already detects unusually strong near-term upside, making them better candidates (though not guarantees) for big moves.
• The optionable requirement aligns with the way traders typically pursue very large short-term percentage gains—via options on volatile, liquid stocks.

Together, these filters don’t promise any stock will rise 50% by Monday, but they systematically narrow the universe to the kinds of names where large upside moves are most likely to occur and where you can practically trade that view.