Breakout & Setup
Volume Surge
Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Two consecutive trading days each with more than 5 times normal trading volume (average of the preceding 5 trading days) — a volume surge this massive and sustained almost always comes from news, earnings, or large institutional buying. Source: fundamental data.
Global filters: market cap of $50B or less (mega caps are cut from every scanner); 10- and 30-day ADR must be ≥ 1% (too little movement gets cut); names after a reverse split (distorted price history) and names with a red Stress RS (rating ≤ 30 — weak on stress days) are excluded.
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- ADR (Average Daily Range)
- The average daily swing of a stock in percent - measured over 10 or 30 trading days (columns "ADR 10D/30D"). An ADR of 5% means: on a normal day the gap between the intraday low and high runs about 5%. Traders look for movement - that is why stocks with an ADR under 1% are filtered out globally. Not to be confused with ADR meaning "American Depositary Receipt" (a US certificate for foreign shares) - here ADR always means the daily swing.
- AI Classification
- Our company-by-company assessment of the AI boom based on SEC filings (the last four quarterly 10-Q reports and two annual 10-K reports): "Sells AI" (AI is a revenue source), "Threatened" (AI is a concrete business risk), "Uses AI" (operational use), or "Neutral" (no material AI exposure). Every classification requires at least two direct quote citations - otherwise the column shows "-". Not a quality judgment or a buy recommendation; the full file is on the stock page, methodology at /stocks/ai-rating-methodology.
- Analysis (Full Company Analysis)
- If the Analysis column shows "Read," there is an in-depth TickerGuard company analysis for this stock: business model, scanner findings, quarterly results, evidence from SEC filings, plus opportunities and risks. One click opens it directly.
- Avg/Yr 3Y (Average Annual Return)
- The stock's average annual return over the past 3 years. Shows at a glance whether a stock delivers over the long run or just had a short hot streak.
- Earnings Date
- The date of the next quarterly earnings report. Price gaps in either direction are common around this date - that is why we color it red when it is 7 days away or less, and yellow when it is 14 days away or less: elevated risk for fresh positions.
- EPS (Earnings per Share)
- Quarterly earnings divided by the number of shares outstanding. The most important growth metric: if EPS rises strongly over several quarters, the company is earning more money per share.
- Free Cash Flow (FCF)
- Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures - the money left over for everything else (debt paydown, acquisitions, or buybacks). Consistently positive free cash flow is one of the most honest signs of a healthy business model.
- Funda Rating (Fundamental Rating A+ to F)
- Our proprietary fundamental rating from 0 to 100 points with a school-grade rank from A+ to F. 50 points is the average across the universe, 100 the best possible score. Every stock is scored against all others by percentile: growth in earnings and revenue, earnings surprises, analyst estimates, and quality criteria such as margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet strength. Grades: A+ from 95, A from 75, B from 55, C from 45, D from 25, E from 5, F below — A/A+ are the fundamentally strongest stocks in the universe.
- Institutions (Funds & Large Holders)
- Funds, pension plans, and asset managers - they move the big money and must disclose their US holdings quarterly. When the number of funds adding to a position rises, that is called institutional accumulation: the fuel behind major trends.
- Market Capitalization (Mkt Cap)
- The market value of the company: share price x total shares outstanding, shown here in billions of dollars. Micro caps (< $0.3B) are small and volatile, mega caps (> $200B) are heavyweights. Our scanner universe is deliberately capped at $50B - we look for stocks with room to run.
- Net Margin
- How much of revenue is left as profit? Net income divided by revenue, in percent. A 20% margin means: out of every dollar of revenue, 20 cents is left as profit. Rising margins are a strong quality signal.
- Operating Cash Flow (OCF)
- The cash that actually flows into the company from day-to-day operations - without accounting effects such as depreciation. A company can report book profits while still burning cash; operating cash flow reveals that.
- Piotroski F-Score
- A balance-sheet health check developed by Joseph Piotroski: 9 yes/no criteria covering earnings, cash flow, leverage, and efficiency produce a score from 0 to 9. Scores of 7 or higher are considered financially very solid, scores under 3 a warning sign.
- Sector & Industry
- Two levels of industry classification: sector is broad (e.g., Technology), industry is narrow (e.g., Semiconductors). Many strategies watch industry strength, because strong stocks are almost always found in strong industries.
- Stage (Weinstein Stages 1-4)
- Stan Weinstein divides every price chart into four stages: Stage 1 = basing (sideways after a downtrend), Stage 2 = uptrend (the only buying stage), Stage 3 = topping, Stage 4 = downtrend (avoid, or short candidate). Measured against the 30-week line (150-day moving average) and its slope.
- Stress RS (Strength on Stress Days)
- A stress day is a day on which both the overall market and the stock's own sector fell at least 0.5%. Stress RS counts on how many of these days the stock still closed green (shown as "g/n" = green days out of n stress days) and turns that into a rating from 1 to 99. High values point to buyers stepping in even on weak days - often a sign of institutional accumulation.
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| Symbol | Volume × | Earnings | Avg/Y 3Y | Stress RS | Stage | Funda Rating | Piotroski | MktCap | Industry | AI Rating | Deep Dive | Deep-Dive Report | Sector | Price | YTD | 6 Mo. | 1 Year | Off High | Price Target | RS | EPS Rating | ADR 10D | ADR 30D | Beta | P/E | P/E (f) | P/S | P/B | P/FCF | PEG | EV/EBITDA | EBIT Margin | Gross Margin | Net Margin | ROE | ROA | Debt/Eq | Equity Ratio | Sales +/Y | Growth Score | Div. Yield | Payout Ratio | Altman Z | Inst. % | Short % | Analysts |
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| MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc | 10.4× | 08/05 | -18 % | 79 7/22 | Stage 4 | B 62 | 4 of 9 | 5.7 $ | Capital Markets | – | — | — | Financial Services | 162.30 $ | -34.2 % | -39.2 % | -19.6 % | −51.5 % | -8.7 % | 7 | 94 | 4.0 % | 3.4 % | 0.87 | 19.8 | 20.1 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 24.2 | 1.37 | 12.5 | 43.9 % | 61.7 % | 35.2 % | 24.3 % | 10.2 % | 0.32 | 51.7 % | +3.8 % | — | 1.9 % | 40.2 % | 9.9 | 112.1 % | 7.7 % | 3.6 (15) |
| CCB Coastal Financial Corp | 8.9× | 08/04 | +32 % | — | Stage 4 | B 59 | 7 of 9 | 0.0 $ | Banks - Regional | – | — | — | Financial Services | 41.00 $ | -35.8 % | -33.8 % | -57.4 % | −36.2 % | +38.8 % | 15 | 50 | 3.3 % | 3.0 % | 0.72 | — | 17.8 | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | — | 100.0 % | 13.6 % | 10.3 % | 1.0 % | — | — | +14.7 % | — | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 7.9 | 86.3 % | 11.1 % | — |
| LUNG Pulmonx Corp | 7.0× | 07/29 | -30 % | — | Stage 4 | D 34 | 3 of 9 | 0.0 $ | Medical Devices | – | — | — | Healthcare | 1.60 $ | -42.1 % | -41.7 % | -11.4 % | −67.8 % | +172.0 % | 10 | 50 | 8.4 % | 7.8 % | 0.31 | — | 28.3 | — | — | — | — | -5.6 | — | 75.5 % | -60.1 % | -86.2 % | -24.0 % | — | — | +8.0 % | — | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | -9.4 | 79.1 % | 6.4 % | — |
| INO Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc | 6.1× | 08/11 | -26 % | 57 5/22 | Stage 4 | D 34 | 1 of 9 | 0.1 $ | Biotechnology | – | — | — | Healthcare | 0.68 $ | -35.1 % | -50.2 % | -52.1 % | −63.8 % | +439.4 % | 5 | 42 | 4.8 % | 6.5 % | 1.49 | — | 16.6 | — | 9.3 | — | — | -1.1 | — | — | 0.0 % | -296.4 % | -76.4 % | 1.43 | — | -70.0 % | — | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | -128.0 | 47.3 % | 22.5 % | — |
| XRX Xerox Corp | 5.7× | 07/30 | -24 % | 60 7/29 | Stage 3 | D 37 | 4 of 9 | 0.4 $ | Business Equipment & Supplies | Sells AI | — | Industrials | 3.00 $ | +35.1 % | +31.2 % | -23.9 % | −52.7 % | +7.5 % | 83 | 64 | 7.0 % | 9.3 % | 2.44 | — | 2.6 | 0.1 | — | 1.6 | 0.20 | 12.2 | — | 30.8 % | -11.9 % | -115.4 % | 1.2 % | — | — | +12.9 % | — | 3.4 % | 3.3 % | 4.3 | 69.9 % | 32.7 % | 2.8 (5) |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Two consecutive trading days each with more than 5 times normal trading volume (average of the preceding 5 trading days) — a volume surge this massive and sustained almost always comes from news, earnings, or large institutional buying. Source: fundamental data.
All scanners are recalculated daily across the entire stock universe — most recently on 3. August 2026. The data basis is fundamental data and SEC filings (10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports).
Currently, 5 stocks pass this scanner's criteria (as of 3. August 2026).
Global filters: market cap of $50B or less (mega caps are cut from every scanner); 10- and 30-day ADR must be ≥ 1% (too little movement gets cut); names after a reverse split (distorted price history) and names with a red Stress RS (rating ≤ 30 — weak on stress days) are excluded.
As "normal" volume, we take the average number of shares traded over 5 trading days. A stock makes the scanner when, on two consecutive trading days, more than 5 times this normal volume was traded. Both surge days are measured against the 5 trading days before them — so the first breakout day doesn't skew the yardstick for the second. The "Volume ×" column shows the multiple for the latest trading day; the volume history is updated with each trading day's closing data. A double surge like this is rare and almost always the trace of a real event: earnings, takeover rumors, news — or big money buying in.
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