📊 Stock & ETF Trading

How to Scan for High-Probability Stock Setups

Build scans for the best setups: trends, breakouts, pullbacks, and volume/volatility filters—plus a repeatable daily routine you can stick to.

Key Takeaways

•Define one setup before scanning
•Use liquidity & volatility filters to avoid noise
•Keep a watchlist of 20–30 tickers; review daily

Choose your setup

Breakout trend-follow

Price near 52-week high + volume surge.

Pullback in uptrend

Above 50-MA, pulls to 20-MA with RSI reset.

Mean-reversion

Extended from 20-MA snaps back on capitulation volume.

Core scan filters

•Avg volume ≥ 1M shares
•Price ≥ $5 (or broker minimum)
•ATR% ≥ 2% (enough movement)
•Relative Volume ≥ 1.5 on the day

Example scans

Breakout

Price within 2% of 52-week high, RVOL ≥ 2, close > prior high.

Pullback

Close above 50-MA, RSI(14) 35–50, bullish candle at 20-MA.

Daily routine (15–25 mins)

Pre-market

Note gaps, catalysts.

After close

Run scans, tag 5 A-setups.

Plan

Entry, stop, take-profit; size by risk unit.

Log

Reasons + screenshots.

Build Your First Scan

Build one breakout scan and save a watchlist rule to update automatically each day.