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 [...]

April 1, 2008 Stock Market Recap

Earlier today I posted a link to Kirk’s lists of best & worst performing ETFs of Q1 2008. David just pointed me to a way to visualize the same data via a very nice tool / screener / map on FinViz.com. As for the action today, the bulls couldn’t have asked for much more. It [...]

A Little More Q & A

I thought I’d answer these questions on the site since I get asked some of these often… Mike, if there is a better method for me to ask you these questions, please let me know. You may choose not to answer any or all of them or not reply to this email at all. That [...]

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 [...]

Stock Screeners / Scanners

I mentioned a little about my stock scanning the other day. I just happened to come across an article by Alan Farley about his process of scanning for stocks. (You’ll need to save that article locally b/c that page changes every so often.) He also uses TC2000 and you’ll see a lot of similarities in [...]