Low Volatility UpTrending Stocks with Average Weekly Returns of 1% -- Scan For ThinkOrSwim

[justAnotherTrader]

Hey ThinkScripters! Been a long time since I have been on the forum so I figured I should come back with some fruit for the group. The following is designed to be used as a scan and is mostly explained in the title:

I recommend setting a price for your stock to be at least $10. In my usage I have it set up for $30 but obviously that is a preference
The Parameters are as follows (the paramaters are hard coded but can be easily adjusted by you:

GradualIncrease - We look for continuously increasing SMA to indicate an uptrend
LowVolatility = Used to ensure that the trend has been gradually increasing and not choppy
weeklyReturn = Used to ensure that our stock is returning at least 1% a wee

# Calculate the Simple Moving Average (SMA)

def sma = Average(close, 20);



# Check for gradual increase

def GradualIncrease = sma > sma[5] and sma[5] > sma[10] and sma[10] > sma[15] and sma[15] > sma[20];



# Calculate the daily returns

def dailyReturns = close / close[1] - 1;



# Calculate the standard deviation of the daily returns

def stdev = StDev(dailyReturns, 60);



# Check if the standard deviation is below 0.02

def LowVolatility = stdev < 0.02;



# Define the closing price 5 days ago

def close5DaysAgo = close[5];



# Calculate the weekly return

def weeklyReturn = (close - close5DaysAgo) / close5DaysAgo;



# Calculate the average weekly return over the past 60 trading days

def avgWeeklyReturn = Average(weeklyReturn, 20);



# Check if the average weekly return is at least 1%

def HighAvgWeeklyReturn = avgWeeklyReturn >= 0.01;



# Combine all the conditions into one final plot

plot Scan = GradualIncrease and LowVolatility and HighAvgWeeklyReturn;

 

[8Nick8]

Hey ThinkScripters! Been a long time since I have been on the forum so I figured I should come back with some fruit for the group. The following is designed to be used as a scan and is mostly explained in the title:

I recommend setting a price for your stock to be at least $10. In my usage I have it set up for $30 but obviously that is a preference
The Parameters are as follows (the paramaters are hard coded but can be easily adjusted by you:

GradualIncrease - We look for continuously increasing SMA to indicate an uptrend
LowVolatility = Used to ensure that the trend has been gradually increasing and not choppy
weeklyReturn = Used to ensure that our stock is returning at least 1% a wee

# Calculate the Simple Moving Average (SMA)

def sma = Average(close, 20);



# Check for gradual increase

def GradualIncrease = sma > sma[5] and sma[5] > sma[10] and sma[10] > sma[15] and sma[15] > sma[20];



# Calculate the daily returns

def dailyReturns = close / close[1] - 1;



# Calculate the standard deviation of the daily returns

def stdev = StDev(dailyReturns, 60);



# Check if the standard deviation is below 0.02

def LowVolatility = stdev < 0.02;



# Define the closing price 5 days ago

def close5DaysAgo = close[5];



# Calculate the weekly return

def weeklyReturn = (close - close5DaysAgo) / close5DaysAgo;



# Calculate the average weekly return over the past 60 trading days

def avgWeeklyReturn = Average(weeklyReturn, 20);



# Check if the average weekly return is at least 1%

def HighAvgWeeklyReturn = avgWeeklyReturn >= 0.01;



# Combine all the conditions into one final plot

plot Scan = GradualIncrease and LowVolatility and HighAvgWeeklyReturn;

Thanks for your contributions, may I know how will you shortlist the stocks after the scan is completed and what is your entry setup and what timeframe do you enter? thanks

 

[justAnotherTrader]

Thanks for your contributions, may I know how will you shortlist the stocks after the scan is completed and what is your entry setup and what timeframe do you enter? thanks

I don't know if I am allowed to plug other sites, if not I am sure admin will let me know. But stockrover.com allows me to take an entire watchlist an import it so I can sort it for fundamentals. I try to trade stocks that if I get upside down in the trade I dont mind holding onto. Then my entries are looking for oversold areas (using the tmo rsi indicator) and support levels on the daily to buy into.

 

[TradingNumbers]

Thank you for sharing this. What would be your trade plan for the scan results? It will show you up trending stocks for 20 days and returned less volatile ones, however, 20 days of up might be the turning point for these stocks.

 

[yenc2014]

Thanks for your contributions, may I know how will you shortlist the stocks after the scan is completed and what is your entry setup and what timeframe do you enter? thanks

Kindly, how do you set up this scan on TOS