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Moving Average Stock Scans
These scans are all based on either the 20, 50 or 200-day moving averages (DMAs). Possible price reversals may be indicated by support or resistance at a given moving average. Alternatively, price breaking through (crossing above or below) a moving average can signal a breakout or breakdown.

The Golden Cross and Death Cross are popular signals which signify the 50 and 200 DMAs crossing. Due to the lagging nature of moving averages, those crosses may be more useful as confirmation of a trend than as entry or exit signals.

The "Timeframe Trends" scan can be used to do something like this -- find stocks which are in uptrends on both a long-term (above the 200 DMA) and intermediate-term (above the 50 DMA) but in a short-term (below the 10 DMA) downtrend.
Name Description
20 DMA Resistance Price rose above the 20-day moving average but fell back and closed under the MA
20 DMA Support Price dipped under the 20-day moving average and rebounded to close above the MA
200 DMA Resistance Price rose above the 200-day moving average but fell back and closed under the MA
200 DMA Support Price dipped under the 200-day moving average and rebounded to close above the MA
50 DMA Resistance Price rose above the 50-day moving average but fell back and closed under the MA
50 DMA Support Price dipped under the 50-day moving average and rebounded to close above the MA
Crossed Above 20 DMA Price rose above the 20-day moving average
Crossed Above 200 DMA Price rose above the 200-day moving average
Crossed Above 50 DMA Price rose above the 50-day moving average
Death Cross 50-day moving average dropped below the 200-day moving average
Expansion Pivot Buy Setup Rules (via 'Hit & Run Trading'):
  • Today's trading range must be greater than the daily range of the past nine trading sessions.
  • Either yesterday or today, the stock is trading at or below the 50-day moving average and explodes higher.
  • Tomorrow buy 10 cents above the explosion-day high.
  • Our initial protective stop is 1 point below the explosion day's close.
    1. Expansion Pivot Sell Setup Rules (via 'Hit & Run Trading'):
    2. Today's trading range must be greater than the daily range of the past nine trading sessions.
    3. Either yesterday or today, the stock is trading at or above the 50-day moving average and explodes lower.
    4. Tomorrow sell short 10 cents below the explosion-day low.
    5. Our initial protective stop is 1 point above the explosion day's close.
      1. Fell Below 20 DMA Price dropped below the 20-day moving average
        Fell Below 200 DMA Price dropped below the 200-day moving average
        Fell Below 50 DMA Price dropped below the 50-day moving average
        Golden Cross 50-day moving average rose above the 200-day moving average
        Timeframe Trends Stocks in relation to their trends on multiple time frames