Stock Screener
The Stock Screener is downloaded as part of the Incredible Charts application and is used to identify securities that warrant further analysis. It is not advisable to trade on the strength of the Stock Screen alone.
Start Stock Screening
- Select View >> Stock Screen on the chart menu, or
- on the toolbar.
Stock Screener Input
If you merely want a list of all stocks in an exchange:
- Select an Exchange
- Click the Run Screen button
Index or Watchlist
To limit your search to securities in a particular index, or one of your watchlists, select an Index (e.g. NASDAQ 100) or Watchlist (e.g. W: World Indicies) in the drop-down list.
Sector
Use the Sector option if you want to limit your choice to a particular sector or industry group. For example, select Materials >> Metals & Mining >> Gold for the Gold Mining industry.
- All Equities - all stocks or indexes;
- Sector Indices - lists all sector indexes (not securities) that meet your search criteria;
- Individual Sectors - filters for stocks in a specific sector.
Sort By
Sort the list of returned stocks by either:
- Stock - sorts results in alphabetical order;
- Sector - groups results by sector;
- Symbol - alphabetically
- % Price Move - percentage price movement over the selected period.
Filter
To add a filter:
- Select a folder in the Filter section (e.g. Moving Average(Exponential))
- Input required data
- Select Add
After the Filter has been added it can be deleted or edited by selecting Delete or Edit to the right of the filter.
Run Screen
Use the Run Screen button to start the search, when you have set all your filters. The screen will display message, "Please wait...screen results being collated.", after results have been collated the stock screen results will be displayed.