Action Points

I posted a few aggressive and short term long setups to keep an eye on as well as an alternate scenario to the "Broad Pattern" I posted over the weekend regarding the 60 minute charts. I also posted a scan with a couple of examples I use at Stockcharts.com. I'll provide a link to it from the home page during the week with some different variations to it.

I use this scan to find short term long trade setups. It works well once the market consolidates for 2 - 4 days after falling sharply over a period of weeks. Although I run it daily, it has historically produced a multiple of candidates only a few times over the course of a year. When I scroll through the charts, I look for stocks where the price action is "stretched" from the 50 Day Moving Average. Also, I want the 8 Day Moving Average to be "curling up" and under the closing price. The scan with examples: Scan #1 [type = stock] and [daily sma(20,daily volume) > 100000] and [daily sma(60,daily close) > 1] and [daily close >= yesterday's daily close] and [daily close >= daily sma(8,daily close)] and [daily close <= daily sma(50,daily close) * 0.75] and [daily close <= daily sma(20,daily close)] and [2 days ago daily close <= daily sma(8,daily close)] and [daily close <= 80] and [daily low <= daily sma(8,daily close)] Example #1 Exampl