Stock Screens

Below is a list of small-cap stocks that have been heavily shorted by the street, and should the market continue to rally, these stocks could see their  share price launch into the stratosphere (if they haven’t begun so already) because of the bears being forced to cover their short positions in the stock. Based on

If you’re looking for some nice defensive stocks to go along with the rest of your long positions in the portfolio, then take a look at the list of stocks below that are more defensive than growth oriented. They are stocks that shouldn’t see a lot of volatility and won’t fall through the floor, should

Not a lot of movement by the markets today, but like I said in the morning trading plan, we usually never see an advancement in stocks right after it breaks out above the upper bollinger-band on the S&P. In fact, it usually leads to a fair amount of profit taking and downward selling pressures in

Here’s one of your more traditional “Buffett-like” stock screens where I am essentially looking for companies selling well below their book value. The stocks below represent six companies that are trading at less than half its book value. Stewart Info Services (STC) is setting up very nicely as a breakout play, and with as cheap

Unlike any of my other screens, this screen focuses on stocks trading under $10/share, and have a market cap of around $1 billion or less. As for the variables that I used in the screen, I focused on fundamentals, particularly companies that have a healthy balance sheet with little debt to speak of, with a

This screen here is useful for finding those stocks starting to catch some momentum to the upside. This is similar to its sister-screen that I call “Stocks That Are Breaking Down” (but just the exact opposite). A lot of these stocks are positioned for breakouts in the near future. If you are a momentum trader, you

This is by far, one of my favorite stock screens that I run. I have probably found more winning stocks (and big % ones at that) off of this screen, than any other one that I run. These stocks make it a habit to trade on their own merits and not that of the market itself.

We’re seeing a fair amount of selling today, which could continue into the days ahead. As a result you may be looking for a way to hedge your long positions, to avoid further losses, or perhaps you believe that this market could see an extended move downwards. Either way, the stocks below provide a lot

The screen below are for those stocks that have primarily been on a solid uptrend of late, but are starting to show signs of breaking down along with a loss of interest by the street as a whole. So if you are looking to short this recent market rally, use the list below as bit

We’ve seen some selling this week, and we are hitting some resistance overhead in terms of where we are at in the narrow rising channel on the S&P and also with price trying to creep outside of the bollinger bands. So if you are looking to hedge your portfolio, or believe that there is some