VCP
What it finds: Mark Minervini's Volatility Contraction Pattern — a base of 2–4 successive pullbacks, each tighter than the last, as price coils under a pivot. Volume drying up raises the detector's confidence but is not required. The textbook pre-breakout setup for a Stage-2 leader. • Best market conditions: Risk-on uptrends where leaders tighten before the next leg. • Typical trigger: VCP detector fires while Stage-2 with adequate liquidity.
Filter breakdown
- Daily move over 0.6%
- VCP base
- Stage 2
- $5M+ a day
- Price $10+ in US dollars (outside the US, companies worth $2B+ pass)
- Sorted by price strength, highest first
How to use this screen
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