This is an update to the post I made back in 2006. What I do hasn’t changed much but some of the tools have changed over the years. In short, the changes are: I’ve changed brokers/trading platforms — a couple of times. Schwab shut down Cybertrader and sent me scrambling to find a new place [...]
Posted by 24 September 2008
Filters I Use to Create My Universe of Tradable Stocks
I was recently asked about how I determine my “universe” of stocks. That is the stocks that I consider fair game to be traded. I use different filters for swing trading and day trading but they do have similar criteria. In both cases I’m trying to find liquid, volatile stocks. Once the filter’s applied I [...]
Posted by 27 June 2006
A Little More Q & A
Posted by 2 March 2006
Swing Trade Setups & Scans
I often get asked about how I find swing trade candidates. Hopefully this post will answer those questions. As I’ve written before, most of the stocks I track initially came up on one of my candlestick pattern scans. (Please feel free to search the archives and/or use the subject index) My process is no different [...]
Posted by 23 August 2005
Real-Time Scanners
The subject of real-time (intraday) stock scanners/screeners came up during MaoXian’s chat last night. Trader Eyal has provided a list of the free scanners that he uses. As he points out in his post and as MaoXian pointed out in the chat yesterday it’s probably better to just pay for a good scanner. This is [...]
