Stock Screener A ~ Z

Reference guide of stock screens, listed in alphabetical order:

What is a Stock Screen?

Stock screeners are valuable tools that use indicators and other criteria to identify potential entry and exit signals when trading stocks.

They are versatile and can filter for stock trends, ranging markets, or breakouts.

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How to Use Stock Screens

  1. Start by Setting the Exchange your would like to filter.
  2. Select an Index or Sectors
  3. Set the indicators or other criteria
  4. Run the Screen
  5. Save the Results as a Watchlist; and/or
  6. Scroll through the stock charts using the up and down arrows on the menu bar.

To run the Stock Screener in your browser click here and for the Desktop software click here.

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B

  • Bollinger Bands
    Bollinger Band filters are calculated using exponential moving averages. Values are compared to Bollinger Bands at 1.0 standard deviation above and below the selected moving average.
  • Bollinger Bands & Twiggs Money Flow - Trend Strategy
    This stock screen is designed to highlight stocks for the Bollinger Bands & Twiggs Money Flow trading strategy.

C

  • Consolidations
    To find stocks that are consolidating within a narrow range, we apply the following filter: Directional Movement ADX Value Filter; Minimum 2; Maximum 10 ...
 

D

  • Directional Movement
    When DI crosses above DI-, this signals an up-trend. When DI- crosses to above DI , this signals a down-trend.
 

E

  • Exhaustion Gaps
    To find exhaustion gaps, we need to apply two filters: (1) Gaps; and (2) A filter to identify extended trends.
 

F

 

G

  • Gaps
    Gaps occur when the lowest price traded is above the high of the previous day.
 

H

 

I

 

J

 

K

 

L

 

M

  • MACD
    How to screen for bullish MACD Signals when MACD crosses to above the signal line.
  • Momentum
    Screen for top momentum stocks in the S&P1500 using Twiggs Momentum Oscillator.
  • Momentum - ASX
    Screen for top momentum stocks in the ASX300 using Twiggs Momentum Oscillator.
  • Moving Average Crossovers
    Screen for Moving Average Crossovers. MA Crossovers are calculated using exponential moving averages. See Two Moving Averages for further details.

N

 

O

 

P

  • Price Filter
    The price filter can be used to filter out stocks above or below selected limits. The Minimum and Maximum fields are measured in cents.
  • Price High
    Percentage Of Price High compares the current closing price to the previous high.
  • Price Move
    Percentage Price Move can be used to filter stocks that have increased/decreased by more than a specified percentage.

Q

 

R

  • RSI
    Relative Strength Index is calculated using the Wilder moving average formula.
 

S

  • Stochastic
    Slow Stochastic crossovers are calculated using %K from the Slow Stochastic formula. This is equal to %D from the fast Stochastic.
 

T

U

 

V

  • Volatility
    Volatility is used to filter out stocks above or below specified levels of risk: The Minimum and Maximum fields are measured as percentages.
  • Volatility Ratio
    The Volatility Ratio identifies days with exceptionally wide trading ranges (the distance between High and Low) and is used to signal likely reversal days.
  • Volume Filter
    The volume filter is used to filter out stocks which show insufficient activity (ie. stocks with low liquidity): The Minimum field represents volume.
  • Volume Spikes
    Volume spikes are days on which there is unusually high volume activity, measured by comparing daily volume to a 50-day exponential moving average (of volume).
  • Volume & Moving Average
    Volume moving average crossovers are calculated using exponential moving averages. See Volume Oscillator for further details.

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X

 

Y

 

Z