Swing Trading Strategies & Stock Picks Since 2003

SwingTracker's scan function is designed to help the Traders find the type of stock he or she is looking for. With over 200 variables to choose from, you can develop your own customized stock screen using price-, volume-, technical-, fundamental- and candlestick- based criteria. The scan function is located at the "Scan" button across the top of SwingTracker and is also under the "File" menu labeled "Stock Scan." The stock scan is divided into three folders: Choice, Query and Template.

The scan function covers end-of-day data only, and is updated at approximately 8:00 p.m. EST after each market close. The scan covers all U.S.-listed stocks.

To build a scan, check the items in each menu that you would like to be included in the stock screen. Checkboxes are toggled on/off by clicking on them. All checked items in any menu will be included when you run the scan.

To perform the scan, click on the SEARCH button at the bottom of the Query folder. The results will be displayed in a new window. The first 100 results will be displayed ranked by market capitalization. To change how the stocks are ranked, click on the drop- down menu and select "Alphabeta" "Trading Volume" "Trading Price" or "Relative Strength Ranking" and click SEARCH at the bottom of the results window.

If there are more than 100 results, click NEXT to view the next 100. Click PRINT to have the results printed. Only 100 results can be printed at a time.

To save a scan, click on SAVE AS TEMPLATE at the bottom of the window. A new window will pop up, asking you to name the template. The items and parameters you have checked will be saved under that name. To access that scan in the future, click on the TEMPLATE folder across the top of the scan window.

Folder Content		Description
Price
CLOSE		Today's Closing Price		You can only use built-in parameters. For instance, you cannot use "CLOSE6" for 6 days ago closing price, for it is not a predefined parameter.
CLOSE1		Yesterday's Closing Price
CLOSE2		2 days ago Closing Price
CLOSE3		3 " "
CLOSE4		4 " "
CLOSE5		5 " "
CLOSE15		15 " "
CLOSE50		50 " "
CLOSE125		125 " "
CLOSE250		250 " "
OPEN		Today's Opening Price
OPEN1		Yesterday's Opening Price
OPEN2		Open Price, 2 Days Ago
OPEN3		Open Price, 3 Days Ago
OPEN4		Open Price, 4 Days Ago
OPEN5		Open Price, 5 Days Ago
HIGH		Today's High Price
HIGH1		Yesterday's High Price
HIGH2		High Price, 2 Days Ago
HIGH3		High Price, 3 Days Ago
HIGH4		High Price, 4 Days Ago		Search for two successive year highs: CLOSE=MAX250 AND CLOSE1=MAX250_1 AND CLOSE>CLOSE1
HIGH5		High Price, 5 Days Ago
LOW		Today's Low Price
LOW1		Yesterday's Low Price
LOW2		Low Price, 2 Days Ago
LOW3		Low Price, 3 Days Ago
LOW4		Low Price, 4 Days Ago
LOW5		Low Price, 5 Days Ago
MAX20		20-Day Price High, Today
MAX20_1		20-Day Price High, Yesterday
MAX40		40-day high
MAX40_1		40-day high (yesterday's)
MAX125		125-day high
MAX125_1		125-day high (yesterday's)
MAX250		250-day high
MAX250_1		250-day high (yesterday's)
MIN20		20-Day Price Low, Today
MIN20_1		20-Day Price Low, Yesterday
MIN40		40-day low
MIN40_1		40-day low (yesterday's)
MIN125		125-day low
MIN125_1		125-day low (yesterday's)
MIN250		250-day low
MIN250_1		250-day low (yesterday's)
Moving Average
SMAC5		5-day Simple Moving Average		Default settings are exponential in SwingTracker, and can be changed in "UTILITIES" "PARAMETERS"
SMAC5_1		5-day SMA (yesterday's)
SMAC10		10-Day Simple MA, Today
SMAC10_1		10-Day Simple MA, Yesterday
SMAC15		15-day Simple Moving Average
SMAC15_1		15-day SMA (yesterday's)
SMAC20		20-Day Simple MA, Today
SMAC20_1		20-Day Simple MA, Yesterday
SMAC50		50-day Simple Moving Average
SMAC50_1		50-day SMA (yesterday's)
SMAC125		125-day Simple Moving Average
SMAC125_1		125-day SMA (yesterday's)
SMAC250		250-day Simple Moving Average
SMAC250_1		250-day SMA (yesterday's)
MAC5		5-day Exponential Moving Average
MAC5_1		5-day EMA (yesterday's)
MAC15		15-day Exponential Moving Average
MAC15_1		15-day EMA (yesterday's)
MAC50		50-day Exponential Moving Average
MAC50_1		50-day EMA (yesterday's)
MAC125		125-day Exponential Moving Average
MAC125_1		125-day EMA (yesterday's)
MAC250		250-day Exponential Moving Average
MAC250_1		250-day EMA (yesterday's)
Volume
VOLUME		Today's Volume
VOLUME1		Yesterday's Volume
VOLUME2		2 days ago Volume
VOLUME3		3 " "
VOLUME4		4 " "
VOLUME5		5 " "
MAV5		5-day Volume Average
MAV20		20-day Volume Average
MAV40		40-day Volume Average
MAV125		125-day Volume Average
MAV250		250-day Volume Average
IQC Zone
1		Is Green		To search for IQC Zone turning green: IQC=1 AND IQC_1=2
2		IQC Zone today
IQC		IQC Zone today
IQC_1		IQC Zone yesterday
IQC_2		IQC Zone 2 days ago
IQC_10		IQC Zone 10 days ago
IQC_20		IQC Zone 20 days ago
IQC_30		IQC Zone 30 days ago
Money Flow
MF		Today's Money Flow
MF_1		Yesterday's Money Flow
MF_5		5 days ago Money Flow
MFA5		5-day MF Average
MFA20		20-day MF Average
MFA50		50-day MF Average
MFA200		200-day MF Average
RSR (Relative Strength Ranking)
RSR		Today's RSR
RSR_1		Yesterday's RSR
RSR_10		10 days ago RSR
RSR_50		50 days ago RSR
RSR_200		200 days ago RSR
BB (Bollinger Bands)
BBU10		10-day upper band		Equivalent BB settings in SwingTracker are: 10-DAY Period: 10 Deviation: 150 20-DAY Peroid: 20 Deviation: 200 30-DAY Period: 30 Deviation: 250 BB settings can be changed in SwingTracker at "UTILITIES" "PARAMETERS."
BBU10_1		Yesterday's 10-day upper band
BBU10_5		5 days ago 10-day upper band
BBL10		10-day lower band
BBL10_1		Yesterday's 10-day lower band
BBL10_5		5 days ago 10-day lower band
BBMA10		10-day BB average
BBMA10_1		Yesterday's 10-day BB average
BBMA10_5		5 days ago 10-day BB average
BBU20		20-day upper band
BBU20_1		Yesterday's 20-day upper band
BBU20_5		5 days ago 20-day upper band
BBL20		20-day lower band
BBL20_1		Yesterday's 20-day lower band
BBL20_5		5 days ago 20-day lower band
BBMA20		20-day BB average
BBMA20_1		Yesterday's 20-day BB average
BBMA20_5		5 days ago 20-day BB average
BBU30		30-day upper band
BBU30_1		Yesterday's 30-day upper band
BBU30_5		5 days ago 30-day upper band
BBL30		30-day lower band
BBL30_1		Yesterday's 30-day lower band
BBL30_5		5 days ago 30-day lower band
BBMA30		30-day BB average
BBMA30_1		Yesterday's 30-day BB average
BBMA30_5		5 days ago 30-day BB average
CCI (Commodity Channel Index)
CCI10		10-day CCI
CCI10_1		Yesterday's 10-day CCI
CCI10_2		2 days ago 10-day CCI
CCI10_5		5 days ago 10-day CCI
CCI30		30-day CCI
CCI30_1		Yesterday's 30-day CCI
CCI30_2		2 days ago 30-day CCI
CCI30_5		5 days ago 30-day CCI
CCI60		60-day CCI
CCI60_1		Yesterday's 60-day CCI
CCI60_2		2 days ago 60-day CCI
CCI60_5		5 days ago 60-day CCI
DMI (Directional Moving Index)
PDI10		10-day +DI		Directional Moving Index.
PDI10_1		Yesterday's 10-day +DI
PDI10_5		5 days ago 10-day +DI
MDI10		10-day -DI
MDI10_1		Yesterday's 10-day -DI
MDI10_5		5 days ago 10-day -DI
ADX10		10-day ADX
ADX10_1		Yesterday's 10-day ADX
ADX10_5		5 days ago 10-day ADX
PDI20		20-day +DI
PDI20_1		Yesterday's 20-day +DI
PDI20_5		5 days ago 20-day +DI
MDI20		20-day -DI
MDI20_1		Yesterday's 20-day -DI
MDI20_5		5 days ago 20-day -DI
ADX20		20-day ADX
ADX20_1		Yesterday's 20-day ADX
ADX20_5		5 days ago 20-day ADX
Force Index
FORCE3		3-Day ForceIndex Indicator
FORCE13		13-Day ForceIndex Indicator
MACD (Moving Average Convergence/Divergence)
MACD15		15-day MACD		Equivalent MACD settings in SwingTracker are: 15-DAY Period 1: 15 Period 2: 9 40-DAY Period 1: 40 Period 2: 20 100-DAY Period 1: 100 Period 2: 60 MACD settings can be changed in SwingTracker at "UTILITIES" "PARAMETERS."
MACD15_1		Yesterday's 15-day MACD
MACD15_5		5 days ago 15-day MACD
MACD40		40-day MACD
MACD40_1		Yesterday's 40-day MACD
MACD40_5		5 days ago 40-day MACD
MACD100		100-day MACD
MACD100_1		Yesterday's 100-day MACD
MACD100_5		5 days ago 100-day MACD
Momentum
MT20		20-day Momentum
MT20_1		Yesterday's 20-day Momentum
MT20_5		5 days ago 20-day Momentum
MT40		40-day Momentum
MT40_1		Yesterday's 40-day Momentum
MT40_5		5 days ago 40-day Momentum
MT60		60-day Momentum
MT60_1		Yesterday's 60-day Momentum
MT60_5		5 days ago 60-day Momentum
OBV (On Balance Volume)
OBV		Today's On Balance Volume
OBV_1		Yesterday's OBV
OBV_5		5 days ago OBV
OBV_20		20 days ago OBV
OBV_50		50 days ago OBV
OBV_200		200 days ago OBV
RSI (Relative Strength Index)
RSI10		10-day RSI
RSI10_1		Yesterday's 10-day RSI
RSI10_2		2 days ago 10-day RSI
RSI10_5		5 days ago 10-day RSI
RSI20		20-day RSI
RSI20_1		Yesterday's 20-day RSI
RSI20_2		2 days ago 20-day RSI
RSI20_5		5 days ago 20-day RSI
RSI30		30-day RSI
RSI30_1		Yesterday's 30-day RSI
RSI30_2		2 days ago 30-day RSI
RSI30_5		5 days ago 30-day RSI
RSI50		50-day RSI
RSI50_1		Yesterday's 50-day RSI
RSI50_2		2 days ago 50-day RSI
RSI50_5		5 days ago 50-day RSI
Stochastics
STO12_K		12-day %K		Equivalent Stochastic settings in SwingTracker are: 12-DAY %K: 12 %D: 5 23-DAY %K: 23 %D: 5 Stochastic settings can be changed in SwingTracker at "UTILITIES" "PARAMETERS."
STO12_K_1		Yesterday's 12-day %K
STO12_K_2		2 days ago 12-day %K
STO12_K_3		3 days ago 12-day %K
STO12_K_4		4 days ago 12-day %K
STO12_K_5		5 days ago 12-day %K
STO12_D		12-day %D
STO12_D_1		Yesterday's 12-day %D
STO12_D_2		2 days ago 12-day %D
STO12_D_3		3 days ago 12-day %D
STO12_D_4		4 days ago 12-day %D
STO12_D_5		5 days ago 12-day %D
STO23_K		23-day %K
STO23_K_1		Yesterday's 23-day %K
STO23_K_2		2 days ago 23-day %K
STO23_K_3		3 days ago 23-day %K
STO23_K_4		4 days ago 23-day %K
STO23_K_5		5 days ago 23-day %K
STO23_D		23-day %D
STO23_D_1		Yesterday's 23-day %D
STO23_D_2		2 days ago 23-day %D
STO23_D_3		3 days ago 23-day %D
STO23_D_4		4 days ago 23-day %D
STO23_D_5		5 days ago 23-day %D
UO (Ultimate Oscillator)
UO		Today's Ultimate Oscillator
UO_1		Yesterday's Ultimate Oscillator
UO_2		2 days ago Ultimate Oscillator
UO_3		3 days ago Ultimate Oscillator
UO_4		4 days ago Ultimate Oscillator
UO_5		5 days ago Ultimate Oscillator
%R (William's %R)
PCTR10		Today's 10-day %R
PCTR10_1		Yesterday's 10-day %R
PCTR10_2		2 days ago 10-day %R
PCTR10_3		3 days ago 10-day %R
PCTR10_4		4 days ago 10-day %R
PCTR10_5		5 days ago 10-day %R
PCTR20		Today's 20-day %R
PCTR20_1		Yesterday's 20-day %R
PCTR20_2		2 days ago 20-day %R
PCTR20_3		3 days ago 20-day %R
PCTR20_4		4 days ago 20-day %R
PCTR20_5		5 days ago 20-day %R
Volatility
VOLAT5		5-day Volatility
VOLAT10		10-day Volatility
VOLAT20		20-day Volatility
VOLAT50		50-day Volatility
VOLAT200		200-day Volatility
Candlesticks
CANDLE_1		Denotes Candlestick Pattern		To look for stocks with a "Bullish Harami" pattern, the scan should read: CANDLE_1=4
0		Hammer
1		Hanging Man
2		Bullish Engulfing
3		Bearish Engulfing
4		Bullish Harami
5		Bearish Harami
6		Bullish Harami Cross
7		Bearish Harami Cross
8		Inverted Hammer
9		Piercing Lines
10		Dark Cloud Cover
11		Bullish Doji Star
12		Bearish Doji Star
13		Morning Star
14		Evening Star
15		Morning Doji Star
16		Evening Doji Star
17		White Marubozu
18		Black Marubozu
Fundamentals
PE		Price/Earning Ratio		To scan for Nasdaq stocks only, scan should include: EXCHANGE=122
EPS		Earnings Per Share
Shares		Shares Outstanding
Div		Dividend
Yield		Yield
MarketCap		Maket Capitalization
Exchange		Denotes Exchange
104		AMEX
122		Nasdaq
124		NYSE

SYMBOL	DESCRIPTION		EXAMPLE
( )	parentheses		All above examples use parentheses to form complex expressions. Use them when necessary.
*	multiply, times		VOLUME >= (1.1*MAV20) Volume is at least 1.1 times (10% greater) than the 20-day average.
/	division, divides		(OBV/OBV_200) > 2 On Balance Volume is over twice that of 200 days ago.
+	addition, plus		VOLUME > (VOLUME1+VOLUME2) Today's Volume is greater than the previous two days combined.
-	subtraction, minus		(HIGH - LOW) >= 10 Today's price range is at least 10.
>	greater than		RSR > 90 Today's relative strength ranking is more than 90.
>=	greater than or equal to		RSR >= 90 Today's relative strength ranking is at least 90.
<	less than		OPEN < close Today's opening price is lower than today's closing price.
<=	less than or equal to		OPEN <= close Today's opening price is lower or the same as today's closing price.
=	equal to		VOLUME = 10000 Today's Volume is exactly 10,000.
<>	not equal to		VOLUME <> 10000 Today's Volume is not 10,000.
AND	and		CLOSE > 6 AND CLOSE < 7 Today's closing price is between 6 and 7.
OR	or		EXCHANGE = 104 OR EXCHANGE = 122 Stock is either on AMEX or Nasdaq.

Here are some examples of how to write scan queries. Some are more complicated than others. See other sections for guidelines and directions for use.

Price crosses above 50-day moving average. Both are upward-sloping.

LINE1:    CLOSE > MAC50 AND CLOSE1 <= MAC50_1

LINE2:    CLOSE > CLOSE1 AND MAC50 > MAC50_1

12-day %K crosses above 20 & is above %D.

LINE1:    STO12_K > 20 AND STO12_K_1 <= 20

LINE2:    STO12_K > STO12_D

50-day moving average is within 10% of 200-day moving average.

LINE1:    MAC50 > (.9*MAC200) AND MAC50 < (1.1*MAC200)

Price is at 40-day high, but Williams' %R did not reach new high.

LINE1:    CLOSE = MAX40 AND PCTR20 < PCTR20_1

Bearish candlestick pattern with bullish IQC zone or money flow.

LINE1:    CANDLE_1 = 3 OR CANDLE_1 = 7 OR CANDLE_1 = 12

LINE2:    IQC = 1 OR MF > 0

Bollinger band penetration as bands are tightening.

LINE1:    CLOSE > BBU20 AND CLOSE1 < BBU20_1

LINE2:    (BBU20_1 - BBL20_1) < (BBU20_5 - BBL20_5)

For Nasdaq stocks that closed up, let today's money-flow-to-money-flow average ratio be higher than volume-to-volume average ratio.

LINE1:    EXCHANGE = 122 AND CLOSE > OPEN

LINE2:    (MF/MFA5) > (VOLUME/MAV5)

NOTE: LINE2 COULD ALSO BE WRITTEN (MF*MAV5) > (VOLUME*MFA5)