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48 stock screener filters

Stock screener filters. A more focused market.

Define your stock universe with the numbers that matter to you. Understand each metric, compare similar filters, and turn a broad market into a focused toplist.

Your criteria. Your toplist.Example workspace

A filter measures a condition: the price, volume, volatility, or another characteristic of a stock. Combine filters to shape a toplist, or apply them to alerts so only stocks meeting your criteria appear.

Range & volatility

ATR

Find stocks by average true range with ChartsWatcher. Compare ATR(14) on 1-minute, 5-minute or daily charts and build a volatility-focused screener.

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Range & volatility

ATRP

Compare stock volatility across price levels with ChartsWatcher ATRP filters. Screen 1-minute, 5-minute or daily ATR(14) as a percentage of close.

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Volume & trading activity

Absolute dollar volume

Screen stocks by dollar volume in ChartsWatcher. Measure traded value over intraday periods or the day and combine it with price and volume filters.

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Volume & trading activity

Absolute volume

Find stocks meeting your share-volume criteria with ChartsWatcher. Filter intraday or daily volume and combine activity with price and movement.

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Volume & trading activity

Average volume

Build a stock screener around typical trading activity. ChartsWatcher filters average daily share volume over the previous 5, 10 or 20 days.

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Range & volatility

Biggest range (%)

Find stocks with large historical daily ranges in ChartsWatcher. Screen the biggest percentage range across 10 days, 20 days or longer lookbacks.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Change ($)

Screen short-term stock moves in dollars with ChartsWatcher. Filter absolute price change over 1-minute through 60-minute periods and add volume.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Change from after-hours close

Compare current stock prices with the previous after-hours close in ChartsWatcher. Screen dollar or percentage moves from that extended-hours anchor.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Change from close

Find stocks above or below the previous close with ChartsWatcher. Filter dollar or percentage change and combine daily movers with volume and news.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Change from close (post market)

Screen after-hours stock moves with ChartsWatcher. Measure dollar or percentage change from today’s regular close and add postmarket volume.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Change from close (premarket)

Find premarket stock movers in ChartsWatcher. Screen dollar or percentage change from the previous close alongside premarket volume and news.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Change from open

Separate intraday movement from overnight gaps with ChartsWatcher. Screen dollar or percentage change from the open and combine it with volume.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Change from premarket open

Track movement from the premarket open in ChartsWatcher. Filter dollar or percentage change and compare early-session direction with overnight gaps.

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Technical indicators

Consecutive candles

Find sequences of rising or falling candles with ChartsWatcher. Filter consecutive green or red closed candles across intraday and daily timeframes.

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News & company events

Days since IPO

Build a recent IPO stock list in ChartsWatcher. Filter by days since IPO, then add price, volume and movement criteria for a focused research view.

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News & company events

Days since news (Number)

Find stocks with recent news in ChartsWatcher. Filter days since the latest relevant item within a three-day lookback and review the news context.

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News & company events

Days since split

Find recently split stocks with ChartsWatcher. Filter days since the last split and combine the result with split ratio, price and volume criteria.

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News & company events

Days until earnings

Find stocks approaching earnings with ChartsWatcher. Filter days until the next report and combine the earnings calendar with volume and price context.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Decimal $

Screen the cents portion of stock prices with ChartsWatcher’s Decimal $ filter. Find prices near whole-dollar levels and combine them with price bands.

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Technical indicators

Distance from VWAP

Find stocks near or away from VWAP in ChartsWatcher. Filter price distance in dollars or percent and connect your screener with VWAP alert workflows.

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Technical indicators

Distance from moving average (%)

Screen stocks above or below EMA and SMA levels in ChartsWatcher. Filter percentage distance from supported moving averages across several timeframes.

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Volume & trading activity

Expected relative volume (%)

Screen rolling volume against session expectations in ChartsWatcher. Compare 1-, 5- or 15-minute activity with a baseline from the prior 15 trading days.

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Share structure & ownership

Float

Find stocks by tradable share float in ChartsWatcher. Build a low-float screener and combine available share supply with volume, price and rotation.

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Share structure & ownership

Float Rotation

Measure stock turnover relative to tradable float with ChartsWatcher. Screen session volume divided by float and compare participation across symbols.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Gap from close

Find opening stock gaps with ChartsWatcher. Screen the dollar or percentage difference between the previous close and today’s open, then add volume.

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News & company events

Hours since news

Find stocks with news in the past day using ChartsWatcher. Filter hours since the latest relevant item and combine news recency with price and volume.

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Share structure & ownership

Institutional ownership

Screen institutional ownership in ChartsWatcher. Compare institution-held shares with stock float and combine ownership context with your stock filters.

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Share structure & ownership

MarketCap

Build a market-cap stock screener in ChartsWatcher. Filter companies by equity size, then combine market capitalization with price, float and activity.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Minutes in market

Focus a ChartsWatcher screen on a part of the trading session. Filter minutes since market open and combine time-of-day criteria with stock activity.

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News & company events

Minutes since news

Find stocks with very recent news in ChartsWatcher. Filter minutes since the latest relevant item within 24 hours and review price and volume context.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Percentage change (%)

Find stock gainers and losers across timeframes with ChartsWatcher. Filter percentage price change from short intraday windows to longer-term periods.

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Range & volatility

Percentage range (%)

Find wide or narrow stock price ranges with ChartsWatcher. Screen high-to-low movement in percent across supported intraday and multi-day periods.

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Range & volatility

Position in range (%)

Find stocks near the top or bottom of a price range with ChartsWatcher. Filter percentage position across intraday, daily and longer lookback windows.

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Volume & trading activity

Postmarket Volume

Find extended-hours stock activity with ChartsWatcher’s postmarket volume filter. Combine share turnover with after-hours price change and recent news.

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Volume & trading activity

Premarket Volume

Find stocks trading actively before the open with ChartsWatcher. Filter premarket share volume and combine it with premarket price changes and news.

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Price, gaps & sessions

Price ($)

Build a stock screener around your preferred price range with ChartsWatcher. Filter current stock prices and combine them with activity and movement.

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Technical indicators

RSI (14)

Find stocks by RSI(14) with ChartsWatcher. Screen momentum readings on 1-, 2-, 5- or 15-minute charts and daily candles, alongside price and volume.

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Range & volatility

Range ($)

Screen the distance between stock highs and lows with ChartsWatcher. Filter dollar ranges across intraday and multi-day periods and add volume context.

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Range & volatility

Relative range (%)

Compare today’s stock range with normal daily movement in ChartsWatcher. Filter range as a percentage of daily ATR(14) to find unusually wide sessions.

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Volume & trading activity

Relative trade count (%)

Find unusual trading frequency with ChartsWatcher. Compare 1- or 5-minute trade counts with the average of the preceding ten candles in percent.

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Volume & trading activity

Relative trade count (last) (%)

Compare stock trading frequency with the preceding candle in ChartsWatcher. Filter 1- or 5-minute relative trade counts to identify abrupt activity changes.

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Volume & trading activity

Relative volume (%)

Find unusual stock volume with ChartsWatcher. Compare current candle volume with the previous 15 candles and screen activity across supported timeframes.

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Volume & trading activity

Relative volume (%) at same time

Find stocks trading ahead of their usual session pace with ChartsWatcher. Compare cumulative volume with the amount normally traded by the same time.

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Share structure & ownership

Shares outstanding

Screen company share counts with ChartsWatcher. Filter shares outstanding and compare total issued shares with float, market capitalization and activity.

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Share structure & ownership

Short interest (%)

Find stocks by short interest in ChartsWatcher. Compare shares sold short with float and combine that context with days to cover, volume and price.

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Share structure & ownership

Short ratio

Screen short ratio, also called days to cover, in ChartsWatcher. Compare shares sold short with average trading volume alongside float and activity.

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News & company events

Split ratio

Find forward and reverse stock splits with ChartsWatcher. Filter the last known split ratio and combine it with split recency, share count and price.

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Volume & trading activity

Trade count

Find stocks by the number of trades in ChartsWatcher. Filter intraday or daily transaction counts and compare trading frequency with share volume.

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Your ChartsWatcher workspace

From an idea to your own scan.

Bring the filters you have explored into one connected workspace. Keep matching stocks, charts, and news together, with a configuration you can refine as you go.