What would be a good swing trade?

Screening Filters

1. PriceAboveMA20 & PriceAboveMA200 (moving_average_relationship)

   • Purpose: Find stocks whose current price is above both their short-term (20-day) and long-term (200-day) moving averages.
   • Rationale:
     • For a swing trade, you generally want the wind at your back—i.e., a stock trading with the trend, not against it.
     • PriceAboveMA200 signals the stock is in a long-term uptrend or at least above a major support level. This reduces the chance you’re trying to swing-trade a name that’s structurally weak.
     • PriceAboveMA20 focuses on the short-term trend and momentum, which matters more for swing trades that may last days to a few weeks. It suggests recent price action is positive and that pullbacks may be buyable rather than signs of a breakdown.
     • Together, these filters aim to surface MOS-like setups where a bullish or improving trend increases the probability that a swing entry has follow-through.

2. is_optionable = True

   • Purpose: Restrict results to stocks that have listed options.
   • Rationale:
     • In your prior question, you were specifically interested in option strategies for MOS. Keeping only optionable stocks makes it possible to:
       • Build swing trades using options (e.g., call buys, vertical spreads, covered calls) instead of or alongside stock.
       • Manage risk and capital more flexibly—important given your budget and preference for structured trades like spreads.
     • This ensures any swing-trade ideas that come out of the screen are actually tradable with options, just like MOS.

3. user_watchlist = True

   • Purpose: Limit the screen to securities that are already on your personal watchlist, including MOS.
   • Rationale:
     • Swing trading works best when you focus on names you already follow—you understand their behavior, volatility, news sensitivity, and typical ranges.
     • By using your watchlist, the screen looks for swing-trade-ready setups among stocks you’re already interested in, rather than random tickers.
     • This also guarantees MOS itself is considered, since your question is specifically about Mosaic Company, and likely it’s on your watchlist.

Why Results Match Your Question

• You asked for a good swing trade for Mosaic (MOS). The filters are aligned to:
  • Focus on uptrending / constructive technical setups (price above 20- and 200-day MAs) that suit swing trading.
  • Ensure the stocks (including MOS) are optionable, so any swing idea can be expressed via options, consistent with your earlier interest in option strategies.
  • Keep the universe constrained to your watchlist, making the ideas more practical and familiar to you, and explicitly including MOS in the evaluation.