A stock price that breaks out to a new high or new low is showing strength or weakness in either direction. I know that is stating the obvious but we can use stock breakouts to our advantage. Traders often look for a stock that has made a new 10, 20 or 30 day high (or low) and find candidates for trades. There are many ways to trade a breakout, such as entering on the first … [Read more...]
A Look Inside the New StockMonitor Platform and Guide to Features
If you are a member then you will have noticed the brand new design of the internal platform. It has taken great time and a lot of testing to get to this stage, and importantly for us to keep all the features you have grown to love at StockMonitor in place and easy to find. We have had great feedback, so let us show you some of the basics of the new improved design. Stock … [Read more...]
Using A Stock Volume Scanner To Find Great Day Trading Stocks
When you are asking how to scan stocks for day trading then you should make use of a stock volume scanner which will show you great candidates that have been trading at high volume over a set period of time. Inside StockMonitor we have our own stock volume screener which can help, and you can adjust all the settings to make it your own. Here is how to get started. (or watch … [Read more...]
Real-Time Prices Now Inside Our Screener
Are you looking for a real time stock screener on which you can run all your favorite stock scans? Well here's the good news. Stock monitor has now integrated real-time data from IEX. This means you can now build unlimited custom filters and scan the whole market in real time. Until recently StockMonitor ran on 15 minute delayed data. By integrating with IEX it means … [Read more...]
Is a Moving Average Crossover The Best Stock Screener?
We have hundreds of pre-set stock scanners, but one of the most used is to detect a moving average crossover. Many people use these, and according to our internal statistics this is the best stock screener, or maybe the most popular here anyway. But why is this simple screener being used so much? Moving Averages are a simple but effective indicator. As the name implies, they … [Read more...]