Top-Down Leaders
What it finds: US leaders that pass the playbook gate, hold above the EMA-20, and are still in a tight extension zone, so they are not chased. Their own sector fund must be Accelerating or Recovering, so the sector is gaining ground on the market, and their main fund's Trend (D+W) must be Strong or Improving, so the group's daily ranking trend is also rising. • Best market conditions: Risk-on tapes where leadership is intact. • Exact makeup: Region US, playbook gate on, ATR extension ≤ 1 (tight), ADR ≥ 2, above EMA-20, dollar volume ≥ $5M, earnings ≥ 5 days away, price ≥ $10, own sector fund rotation Accelerating or Recovering, main fund trend Strong or Improving, sorted top-down. Stocks with no published earnings date are kept, and show No date in the Earnings column, so check those yourself.
Filter breakdown
- Listed in US
- Passes all 9 checks
- Up to 1 ATR above the 10 day line
- Daily move over 2%
- Above 20 day average
- $5M+ a day
- Earnings 5+ days away
- Price $10+ in US dollars (outside the US, companies worth $2B+ pass)
- Own sector fund: Accelerating, Recovering
- Fund trend: strong, improving
- 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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