Technical indicators we compute

Distance from the 200-day

How far the latest close sits above or below the 200-day average, as a percentage — the same trend line as the 200-day average above, expressed as a distance rather than a price. What is Moving average (50-day & 200-day)?

Screens: Near 200-day moving-average support, Trading above the 200-day moving average, Trading below the 200-day moving average

50-day moving average

The average closing price of the last 50 trading sessions — a medium-term trend line that smooths out day-to-day noise. What is Moving average (50-day & 200-day)?

200-day moving average

The average closing price of the last 200 trading sessions — the slowest of the common trend lines, and the one most often used to say whether a stock is in a long-term uptrend. What is Moving average (50-day & 200-day)?

Since the 50/200 cross

How long ago the 50-day average crossed the 200-day one, and which way: upward is the pattern traders call a golden cross, downward a death cross. What is Golden cross?

Screens: Recent golden cross (50-day crossed above 200-day), Recent death cross (50-day crossed below 200-day)

Above the 200-day after a dip

Flags a stock that dipped to or below its 200-day average within the last couple of months and has since climbed back above it — a reclaim, not merely a stock that happens to be above the line today. What is Moving average (50-day & 200-day)?

Screens: Tested and reclaimed 200-day support

Trend strength (14-day ADX)

A 0-100 measure of how STRONG the current trend is, regardless of which way it points, together with which side is in control. What is ADX (Average Directional Index)?

Screens: in a strong, established uptrend (ADX), trendless / choppy (low ADX)

14-day RSI

A 0-100 gauge of how hard the price has been pushed up or down over the last 14 sessions; high readings are called overbought and low ones oversold. What is RSI (Relative Strength Index)?

Screens: Oversold (14-day RSI below 30), Overbought (14-day RSI above 70)

Since the MACD crossed zero

How long ago the MACD histogram (the gap between a fast and a slow average of price) last crossed zero, and which way — a common way to date a change of momentum. What is MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)?

Screens: MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9), MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9)

Position in its 14-day range

A 0-100 gauge of where the latest close sits inside the last 14 sessions' high-to-low range: near 100 means it closed at the top of its recent range, near 0 at the bottom. What is The stochastic oscillator?

Screens: At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20), At the top of its 14-day range (stochastic above 80)

52-week high

The highest price reached in the last 252 trading sessions — roughly a year of trading — as a price rather than a distance. What is 52-week high & low?

From the 52-week high

How far the latest close sits below the highest price of the past year, as a percentage. What is 52-week high & low?

Screens: Near the 52-week high

Above the 52-week low

How far the latest close sits above the lowest price of the past year, as a percentage. What is 52-week high & low?

Screens: Near the 52-week low

Below the 52-week high

How far the price has fallen from its own one-year peak, as a percentage — the same peak as the 252-day high, read as a decline. What is 52-week high & low?

Screens: Pulled back from the 12-month high

Since a 20-day breakout

How long ago the price last closed higher than every close of the previous 20 sessions, or lower than all of them — a short-horizon breakout, dated. What is Breakout (new N-day high or low)?

Screens: Broke out to a new 20-day high, Broke down to a new 20-day low, Broke out to a new 20-day high on heavy volume

Since a 55-day breakout

The same breakout test over a much longer 55-session window, so it fires far less often and marks a bigger move when it does. What is Breakout (new N-day high or low)?

All-time high

The highest price this stock has ever traded at, as far back as our price history goes. What is All-time high?

Given back of the 52-week move

How far the price has retraced its one-year swing, as a percentage of that swing — the scale on which the widely-watched 61.8% level sits. What is Fibonacci retracement (the "golden pocket")?

Screens: Near the golden pocket (has given back about two thirds of its 52-week move)

From the all-time high

How far below its own record high the latest close sits, as a percentage. What is All-time high?

Screens: Near the all-time high

Nearest price level

How close the price is to the nearest level it has turned at more than once within its most recent 504 trading sessions at most, cut back to two calendar years and to the stretch since its last big price break, and what those levels are — the prices where buying or selling has repeatedly shown up. What is Support & resistance?

All-time low

The lowest price this stock has ever traded at, as far back as our price history goes. What is All-time high?

Above the all-time low

How far above its own record low the latest close sits, as a percentage. What is All-time high?

Screens: Near the all-time low

Typical daily range

The average distance between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, in currency: how much this stock typically moves in a day. What is Average true range (ATR) and being "stretched"?

Band width vs its own 6 months

How wide the Bollinger bands are today compared with their own past six months, as a percentile: a low reading means the price has gone unusually quiet, which traders call a squeeze. What is Bollinger Bands & the squeeze?

Screens: in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze

Typical daily range (% of price)

The same typical daily move expressed as a percentage of the price, so a $400 stock and a $4 one can be compared. What is Average true range (ATR) and being "stretched"?

Screens: Most volatile (6%+ typical daily range), Least volatile (2% or less typical daily range), Stretched far above its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges), Stretched far below its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges)

Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ)

The Bollinger band levels themselves — a 20-day average with a line two standard deviations above and below it — as prices you can read off a chart. What is Bollinger Bands & the squeeze?

Stretch from the 200-day average

How far the price has stretched from its 200-day average, counted in typical daily moves rather than percent — a way of asking whether a gap is large for this particular stock. What is Average true range (ATR) and being "stretched"?

Screens: Stretched far above its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges), Stretched far below its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges)

Volume vs its 30-day average

How many times its own recent average the latest session traded: 2 means twice the volume of a typical day over the past 30 sessions. What is Volume & relative volume?

Screens: Unusually heavy trading volume, Broke out to a new 20-day high on heavy volume

Change in the average price target

How much the average analyst price target has moved since we last recorded it, as a percentage — a change in opinion, not a change in price. US-listed companies only

Screens: Analyst price target recently RAISED, Analyst price target recently CUT

Change in the consensus rating

Whether the average analyst recommendation has shifted toward buy or toward sell since the previous snapshot. US-listed companies only

Since a doji

A session that opened and closed at almost the same price after moving in between — a candle that shows buyers and sellers ending the day level. This dates the most recent one. What is Candlestick patterns (doji, hammer, engulfing)?

Screens: Printed a doji candle

Since a hammer

A session that fell hard and then closed back near its high after a run of declines, leaving a long lower wick. This dates the most recent one. What is Candlestick patterns (doji, hammer, engulfing)?

Screens: Printed a hammer candle after a decline

Since a bullish engulfing

A pair of sessions where an up day closes above the previous down day's open and opens below its close, swallowing it whole. This dates the most recent pair. What is Candlestick patterns (doji, hammer, engulfing)?

Screens: Printed a bullish engulfing pair

Since a bearish engulfing

The mirror image: a down day that opens above the previous up day's close and closes below its open. This dates the most recent pair. What is Candlestick patterns (doji, hammer, engulfing)?

Screens: Printed a bearish engulfing pair

Gap at the open

How far the latest session opened away from the previous close, as a percentage — the jump that happens while the market is shut. What is Price gaps (gap up, gap down, and filling a gap)?

Screens: Gapped up at the open (3%+), Gapped down at the open (3%+)

Open gap

The most recent opening jump that the price has not yet traded back through, and how big it still is. What is Price gaps (gap up, gap down, and filling a gap)?

Screens: Left an unfilled gap (5%+ in the last week)

Gap filled

How long ago the price traded back through its most recent opening jump, closing it. What is Price gaps (gap up, gap down, and filling a gap)?

Screens: Just filled a gap (5%+ closed in the last week)

Closing streak

How many sessions in a row the stock has closed higher, or lower, without a break. What is Winning and losing streaks (consecutive up or down days)?

Screens: On a winning streak (5+ higher closes in a row), On a losing streak (5+ lower closes in a row)

vs market, 1 month

How much this stock has gained or lost over the past 1 month, minus what the market index did over the same 1 month — so a positive number means it beat the market rather than merely that it went up. What is Relative strength (performance vs the market)? US-listed companies only

Screens: beating the market, lagging the market

vs market, 3 months

How much this stock has gained or lost over the past 3 months, minus what the market index did over the same 3 months — so a positive number means it beat the market rather than merely that it went up. What is Relative strength (performance vs the market)? US-listed companies only

Screens: beating the market, lagging the market

vs market, 6 months

How much this stock has gained or lost over the past 6 months, minus what the market index did over the same 6 months — so a positive number means it beat the market rather than merely that it went up. What is Relative strength (performance vs the market)? US-listed companies only

Screens: beating the market, lagging the market

vs market, 12 months

How much this stock has gained or lost over the past 12 months, minus what the market index did over the same 12 months — so a positive number means it beat the market rather than merely that it went up. What is Relative strength (performance vs the market)? US-listed companies only

Screens: beating the market, lagging the market

Bullish technical signals

How many of the standard chart signals we can read for this company are currently bullish, out of the number we could compute for it — a tally of agreement, not a buy signal.

Bearish technical signals

How many of the standard chart signals we can read for this company are currently bearish, out of the number we could compute for it — a tally of agreement, not a sell signal.

Vs the Ichimoku cloud

Where the price sits relative to the Ichimoku cloud — a shaded band drawn from past highs and lows and read as a trend zone: above it, below it, or inside it. What is The Ichimoku cloud (kumo)?

Screens: Trading above the Ichimoku cloud, Trading below the Ichimoku cloud, Trading inside the Ichimoku cloud

Vs this year’s average price paid

How far the price sits from the volume-weighted average price paid for the stock since the start of the year — roughly, whether this year's buyers are ahead or behind. What is Anchored VWAP (volume-weighted average price)?

Screens: Trading at this year’s average price paid (anchored VWAP)

Vs the average paid since it last reported

The same volume-weighted average, but measured only since the company's last earnings report, so it reflects what buyers have paid on the current set of numbers. What is Anchored VWAP (volume-weighted average price)? US-listed companies only

Screens: Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP)