Short — Dead-Cat Bounce
What it finds: Weak-trend dead-cat bounces into overhead resistance. • Best market conditions: Bearish markets with repetitive failed rallies. • Typical trigger: Overbought bounce into 200-SMA while primary trend remains down.
Filter breakdown
- Avg dollar-volume ≥ $5M
- Below 50-SMA
- Below 200-SMA
- RSI: overbought
- Distance to SMA200: near
- Earnings ≥ 7 day(s) away
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.
Screens are deterministic snapshots — they recompute every market day against the latest factor table. Save a copy in the Screener to tune thresholds for your own playbook.
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Short — MA Breakdown
What it finds: Broken leaders trading below both EMA-20 and SMA-50 with weak SPY relative trend. • Best market conditions: Risk-off phases with failed rebounds. • Typical trigger: MA cascade breakdown with composite score collapsing.
Short — Late-Stage Failed Base
What it finds: Stage-4 failed-base candidates with weak analyst backdrop. • Best market conditions: Downtrends where former leaders crack decisively. • Typical trigger: LSFB structure under SMA-50 with strong-sell consensus.
Short — Rip to Resistance
What it finds: Countertrend rips in Stage-4 names into resistance. • Best market conditions: Bear-market rallies and weak-trend bounces. • Typical trigger: Overbought RSI near declining 200-SMA in liquid names.