A-Setup Tight
What it finds: The same pass-all institutional leaders as Playbook A-Setup, in sectors whose fund is Accelerating or Recovering (gaining ground on the market), but only the ones still sitting right on their short-term trend line. Extension from the 10-day average (EMA-10) must be 1 ATR or less, where ATR is the stock’s average daily price swing, so this is the tightest, lowest-risk entry zone and it returns a much shorter list. • Best market conditions: Broad risk-on trends with leadership expansion. • Typical trigger: Stage-2 continuation on a controlled pullback that is still hugging near-term trend support, with earnings more than 5 days away. Stocks with no published earnings date are kept, and show No date in the Earnings column, so check those yourself.
Filter breakdown
- Passes all 9 checks
- Above 20 day average
- Earnings 5+ days away
- $5M+ a day
- Price $10+ in US dollars (outside the US, companies worth $2B+ pass)
- Up to 1 ATR above the 10 day line
- Own sector fund: Accelerating, Recovering
- Sorted by strongest fund groups first, then the strongest stocks in them
How to use this screen
Click Apply this screen to open the Screener pre-loaded with these filters. Re-rank the results by your preferred metric (Stockscore, Master Rank, RS Rank), then open any ticker for the full chart, factor breakdown, options-sentiment overlay and insider-buying history.
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