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Gajjala: Day-Trading Watchlist

58 Hits · last calculated August 9, 2026 Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q) · Market filter active: the list shows 58 hits from US

Methodology & criteria

The list a day trader starts the session with. Gowon Gajjala won the 2023 US Investing Championship with a single setup — bull flags on 5-minute candles in small stocks running hot that day. His shortlist is settled before he looks at a single candle, and that shortlist is what we pull together for you: the daily selection, not the entry signal.

What this scanner checks

  1. Small-cap price range Required

    The previous close sits between $0.50 and $100. Below that the spread is wider than any move; above it, stocks rarely travel this far in a single day.

  2. Enough turnover Required

    At least one million shares change hands on the signal day. Without that volume, nobody gets back out of a meaningful position.

  3. At least +25% during the day Required

    The intraday high sits at least 25% above the previous close. That is the move Gajjala works with - not the quiet trend, but the day a stock breaks out.

  4. What this list does NOT check Intraday

    The actual setup only forms inside the day: impulse, flag, break above its high. That takes minute data, and minute data is not in this list. It answers the question that comes first: where would you even have been looking that day?

A hit stays on this list for five trading days. The "Signal Age" column shows how old each one is; 0 means the most recent trading day we evaluated. The "check this jump" badge marks days whose jump is larger than a stock split can explain. Source: price data. · No global trading filters — this strategy checks the entire stock universe purely against its own criteria (mega caps over $50B included).

Important: Day trading carries the highest risk of loss of any style, and our own calculation put this recipe in the red after costs. This is a research list, not a buy signal - and certainly not a recommendation to trade this way.

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The Criteria in Detail

The three required criteria of the daily selection

  • Previous close between $0.50 and $100, measured on the unadjusted price - a day trader trades real prices, not a dividend-adjusted series.
  • At least 1,000,000 shares traded on the signal day. What counts is share volume, not dollar turnover: for a $2 stock a dollar threshold would be an entirely different hurdle than for a $60 stock.
  • The intraday high reaches at least 1.25 times the previous close. Whether the price holds that level does not affect inclusion - the "Intraday High vs. Prior Close" column reports the peak that was reached.

The intraday setup the list does not capture

  • Impulse: at least two consecutive green 5-minute candles. Then a consolidation of three to ten candles that stays in the upper part of that impulse and does not exceed its high - the flag.
  • Volume during the flag falls to at most half the impulse volume. The entry comes on the break above the flag high, not before.
  • Exit by plan: stop at the flag low and never more than 4% below the entry, stop moved to break-even from +1.5%, half the position sold at +8%, the rest trailed along the 9-period line - and everything flat by 3:55 p.m. New York time. Nothing is held overnight.

How we calculate

  • The previous close is converted split-safely into the price basis of the signal day. Without that, every 2-for-1 split would look like a 50% crash and every reverse split like a breakout.
  • Trading days without turnover carry no price and become neither a signal day nor a comparison basis. If more than a week lies between the previous day and the signal day, the day drops out as well - the "previous close" is then no longer a basis for a daily move.
  • A daily jump that no stock split explains is flagged rather than discarded. In daily data a genuine move looks like a price error; throwing it away throws away the most spectacular days. The badge says: this one is worth a look at the chart.

What our calculation found

  • Over the last twelve months (August 2025 to July 2026), after costs of 0.2% per side: 230 trades following the full bull-flag recipe, a 17.0% hit rate, -0.15% per trade on average, profit factor 0.85.
  • Before costs it stood at +0.15% per trade. The strategy therefore lives and dies on execution - with market orders in small, fast-moving stocks that is not a side issue but the heart of the matter.
  • Measured on the same trading days: buying blindly as the +25% mark was crossed lost 0.92% per trade, and a random intraday entry lost 0.32%. Waiting for the flag was therefore clearly better than either. Across ALL candidate days, a random entry came to -0.46% and a blind buy at the mark to -0.67% per trade: the candidate day on its own is no edge, only the shortlist.
  • Two caveats belong with this: the window is short at twelve months, and the free-float filter Gajjala himself names could not be reproduced historically - so we left it out rather than guessing at it. Both are covered in the study.

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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. Scanners that run without the global filters still include them; that is noted below their hit list. 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.
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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.
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. The cap does not apply to scanners that run without the global filters; that is noted below their hit list.
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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Gajjala: Day-Trading Watchlist
Symbol Signal Age (Days) Intraday High vs. Prior Close 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
DOCS Doximity Inc 0 93.6 % 08/06 -12 % 39 4/22 Stage 4 C 50 6 of 9 5.0 $ Health Information Services – — — Healthcare 27.40 $ -53.7 % -53.0 % -53.2 % −74.1 % +13.9 % 4 9 4.0 % 4.7 % 1.21 — 14.6 7.6 — 16.7 0.59 13.4 21.6 % 89.1 % 30.4 % 19.3 % 11.6 % — 84.6 % +13.1 % 8 0.0 % 0.0 % 15.0 98.2 % 16.1 % 3.7 (19)
FIGS FIGS, Inc. 0 45.7 % 08/06 +14 % 80 10/31 Stage 1 B 72 6 of 9 2.4 $ Apparel Manufacturing Uses AI
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— Consumer Cyclical 14.30 $ -16.3 % -16.1 % +117.7 % −44.5 % +27.6 % 64 96 6.1 % 5.3 % 1.02 65.0 44.1 3.4 5.4 24.5 — 31.2 2.8 % 66.6 % 6.1 % 10.0 % 4.9 % 0.02 75.4 % +13.6 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % 9.0 96.7 % 21.4 % 2.9 (10)
QNST QuinStreet Inc 0 39.8 % 08/06 +19 % 22 3/24 Stage 3 B 70 5 of 9 1.2 $ Advertising Agencies – — — Communication Services 21.10 $ -8.4 % -0.7 % +30.1 % −22.2 % -10.0 % 28 81 3.9 % 4.2 % 0.67 20.0 14.8 1.0 3.9 12.3 1.13 19.7 — 11.3 % 6.3 % 23.9 % 3.8 % 0.24 — +78.3 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % 4.4 94.4 % 11.3 % 4.5 (6)
PUBM Pubmatic Inc 0 36.8 % 08/10 -13 % 73 7/25 Stage 2 C 53 4 of 9 0.8 $ Software - Application – — — Technology 17.80 $ +29.8 % +45.1 % +59.0 % −17.1 % -27.6 % 73 15 4.7 % 4.8 % 1.54 — 476.2 2.8 3.4 16.0 4.95 24.4 — 63.2 % -6.2 % -6.6 % -1.9 % 0.17 — -2.9 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % 5.7 76.3 % 7.8 % 3.9 (11)
MTW Manitowoc Company Inc 0 39.3 % 08/06 -9 % 1 0/29 Stage 2 C 53 5 of 9 0.7 $ Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery – — — Industrials 18.80 $ +9.1 % +11.6 % +50.4 % −7.1 % -26.6 % 54 4 4.4 % 4.2 % 1.72 88.8 25.8 0.3 1.0 9.8 2.88 8.2 — 18.1 % 0.3 % 1.1 % 1.9 % 0.73 — +2.9 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 6.5 81.7 % 3.3 % 3.0 (5)
PSIX Power Solutions International, Inc 0 27.3 % 08/06 +488 % 49 6/29 Stage 4 C 54 5 of 9 0.9 $ Specialty Industrial Machinery – — — Industrials 40.80 $ -31.6 % -45.2 % -53.5 % −68.2 % +72.5 % 5 11 5.1 % 6.3 % 2.08 — 32.7 1.4 — 13.8 0.82 8.6 — 24.3 % 14.3 % 75.7 % 15.0 % — — +51.8 % 7 0.0 % 0.0 % 8.8 30.6 % 14.2 % 4.3 (3)
CRSR Corsair Gaming Inc 0 37.4 % 08/06 -17 % 35 4/25 Stage 2 B 61 6 of 9 1.5 $ Computer Hardware Uses AI
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— Technology 14.40 $ +78.5 % +95.2 % +62.0 % −12.7 % -29.0 % 74 97 6.3 % 8.8 % 1.86 156.8 14.3 1.0 2.2 16.8 — 16.8 3.9 % 30.2 % 0.5 % 1.3 % 1.0 % 0.19 50.5 % +11.9 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 2.4 91.3 % 21.9 % 3.8 (6)
SPT Sprout Social Inc 0 27.7 % 08/05 -28 % 62 6/25 Stage 4 B 64 4 of 9 0.6 $ Software - Application – — — Technology 10.30 $ -41.9 % -31.2 % -29.9 % −69.7 % +12.4 % 10 42 6.7 % 6.4 % 0.98 — 9.1 1.2 — 11.9 0.08 -280.6 — 77.5 % -8.2 % -19.7 % -5.2 % — — +12.7 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.8 93.0 % 9.6 % 3.7 (14)
GTN Gray Television Inc 0 27.8 % 08/14 -11 % 35 4/24 Stage 4 D 33 3 of 9 0.5 $ Broadcasting – — — Communication Services 5.40 $ -15.7 % -17.1 % +38.6 % −44.4 % +54.8 % 18 97 5.5 % 4.9 % 0.96 — 2.2 0.2 — 3.8 0.11 10.7 — 24.7 % -3.1 % -3.4 % 2.4 % — — -15.1 % 4 7.9 % 74.4 % 4.2 86.4 % 0.0 % 3.6 (5)
OABI OmniAb Inc. 0 39.3 % 08/05 -17 % 16 2/22 Stage 2 B 71 6 of 9 0.5 $ Biotechnology – — — Healthcare 3.10 $ +25.9 % +31.1 % +63.8 % −10.0 % +266.7 % 77 42 9.6 % 8.1 % 1.22 — 0.0 11.8 1.7 — — -10.6 — 98.9 % -187.6 % -20.3 % -11.3 % 0.08 — -29.3 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 10.1 51.0 % 4.5 % 4.8 (8)
FNKO Funko Inc 0 33.3 % 08/06 -16 % 33 5/31 Stage 2 C 54 6 of 9 0.3 $ Leisure – — — Consumer Cyclical 5.90 $ +58.2 % +84.9 % +60.7 % −7.2 % +12.1 % 85 6 5.9 % 5.6 % 0.93 — 12.8 0.4 2.0 12.0 — 21.0 — 39.6 % -6.3 % -30.4 % -3.1 % 1.65 — -13.5 % 0 0.0 % 0.0 % 2.6 87.4 % 11.0 % 4.0 (2)
SSP E. W. Scripps Co Class A 0 30.2 % 08/06 -17 % 75 7/24 Stage 1 D 26 6 of 9 0.3 $ Broadcasting – — — Communication Services 3.30 $ -29.1 % -28.8 % +57.1 % −50.8 % +129.5 % 25 84 6.5 % 6.3 % 0.65 — 13.4 0.1 — 8.7 12.81 11.9 — 40.8 % -4.6 % -7.7 % 1.9 % — — -14.3 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % 3.8 68.9 % 9.5 % 3.4 (5)
RCEL Avita Medical Ltd 0 69.9 % 08/06 -25 % 42 4/22 Stage 1 C 48 5 of 9 0.2 $ Medical Devices – — — Healthcare 7.80 $ +13.6 % +20.7 % +44.4 % −44.9 % +98.2 % 25 42 6.1 % 7.4 % 1.86 — 10.3 3.2 — — — -6.2 — 81.4 % -62.7 % -1,746.3 % -40.8 % — — +11.5 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % -33.3 17.2 % 8.6 % 4.5 (4)
EXFY Expensify Inc 0 41.4 % 08/06 -27 % 87 9/25 Stage 3 D 42 6 of 9 0.3 $ Software - Application – — — Technology 2.70 $ +3.3 % +15.0 % +38.7 % −46.6 % -40.8 % 60 98 12.4 % 6.4 % 1.69 — 0.0 1.9 2.0 22.0 — -67.9 — 49.6 % -14.7 % -15.0 % -6.1 % 0.04 — +2.1 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % 6.3 36.4 % 1.1 % 3.8 (5)
NRXP NRX Pharmaceuticals Inc 0 34.3 % 08/17 -8 % 30 3/22 Stage 2 B 66 6 of 9 0.2 $ Biotechnology Neutral — — Healthcare 3.60 $ +38.7 % +63.9 % +45.5 % −29.6 % +1,212.5 % 89 42 8.5 % 10.2 % 2.19 — 34.2 71.3 — — — -0.2 — 50.5 % 0.0 % -682.6 % -110.2 % — — — — 0.0 % 0.0 % -97.1 17.5 % 15.1 % 5.0 (3)
TOI Oncology Institute Inc 0 41.0 % 08/12 +266 % 58 5/22 Stage 2 B 67 6 of 9 0.7 $ Medical Care Facilities – — — Healthcare 6.40 $ +41.3 % +59.1 % +37.5 % −8.2 % +64.7 % 89 42 6.5 % 7.4 % 0.39 — 0.0 1.1 1.0 — — 8.5 — 15.1 % -8.0 % -651.7 % -12.3 % -6.44 — +27.8 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % -2.1 46.1 % 8.3 % 5.0 (1)
VATE Innovate Corp 0 88.9 % 08/04 -13 % 90 11/29 Stage 2 C 50 7 of 9 0.2 $ Engineering & Construction Threatened
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— Industrials 12.10 $ +341.8 % +296.0 % +192.8 % −12.9 % — 99 42 11.3 % 10.5 % 2.30 — 4.9 0.1 — 1.4 — 11.2 — 15.5 % -4.0 % -19.1 % 2.4 % — — +12.6 % 2 9.6 % 0.0 % -3.1 17.6 % 7.7 % —
ZENA ZenaTech Inc. 0 26.8 % 08/11 — 88 9/25 Stage 4 C 45 6 of 9 0.2 $ Software - Infrastructure Sells AI — — Technology 1.70 $ -54.1 % -58.8 % -67.8 % −80.3 % +243.5 % 3 42 7.4 % 9.9 % — — 0.0 7.5 — — — 894.4 — 100.0 % 0.0 % -132.0 % -37.2 % — — +557.6 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % 3.3 4.0 % 9.9 % —
INSM Insmed Inc 1 39.1 % 08/06 +45 % 53 5/22 Stage 4 B 65 4 of 9 28.4 $ Biotechnology – — — Healthcare 131.10 $ -41.3 % -41.0 % +20.0 % −50.9 % +98.3 % 12 42 4.8 % 4.9 % 0.79 — 16.4 25.0 40.3 — 1.09 -6.0 -65.5 % 81.8 % -144.4 % -294.5 % -31.1 % 1.32 34.0 % +66.7 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % -4.9 105.7 % 6.1 % 4.8 (21)
SOUN SoundHound AI Inc 1 27.4 % 08/06 +25 % 20 3/25 Stage 4 D 40 2 of 9 3.5 $ Software - Application – — — Technology 8.00 $ -35.4 % -41.3 % -25.2 % −72.0 % +105.4 % 10 42 6.4 % 6.3 % 2.83 — 227.3 19.1 — — — 135.8 -139.3 % 40.6 % -91.8 % -39.4 % -19.7 % — 71.4 % +99.5 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 1.4 44.9 % 42.4 % 4.0 (8)
CLOV Clover Health Investments Corp 1 25.4 % 08/04 +157 % 56 5/22 Stage 2 B 59 6 of 9 2.5 $ Healthcare Plans Uses AI — — Healthcare 4.80 $ +115.3 % +109.9 % +115.4 % −2.6 % +11.8 % 95 42 5.8 % 6.8 % 2.49 — 82.0 1.0 — 34.2 — -0.6 3.7 % 18.4 % -2.6 % -16.9 % -5.6 % — 48.7 % +40.3 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % -5.8 30.0 % 6.9 % 4.0 (4)
IOVA Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc 1 47.2 % 08/06 -15 % 55 5/22 Stage 2 B 60 5 of 9 2.7 $ Biotechnology Neutral
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— Healthcare 6.30 $ +62.6 % +46.7 % +140.2 % −25.2 % +42.9 % 90 42 7.9 % 8.3 % 0.70 — 0.0 8.3 — — — -8.7 — 48.4 % -89.1 % -47.5 % -20.3 % — — +60.6 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % -3.3 67.5 % 24.0 % 4.1 (12)
PAYS Paysign Inc 1 33.9 % 08/04 +67 % 80 8/25 Stage 2 A 78 6 of 9 0.7 $ Software - Infrastructure Neutral — — Technology 12.50 $ +44.5 % +55.2 % +111.5 % −13.1 % -1.6 % 90 84 5.4 % 5.9 % 0.76 — 37.3 7.0 — 10.2 — 23.5 — 61.0 % 15.7 % 22.1 % 3.9 % — — +40.5 % 9 0.0 % 0.0 % 4.6 47.3 % 3.5 % 4.6 (5)
AEVA Aeva Technologies, Inc. 1 44.9 % 07/30 +100 % 80 8/25 Stage 2 C 50 5 of 9 1.9 $ Software - Infrastructure – — — Technology 26.60 $ +77.3 % +90.3 % +114.4 % −48.1 % +22.2 % 81 42 12.5 % 12.1 % 2.46 — 0.0 89.4 104.3 — — -0.1 — 27.2 % -150.1 % -516.1 % -51.7 % -8.22 — +99.4 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % -16.8 66.1 % 10.2 % 4.4 (5)
HTZ Hertz Global Holdings Inc 1 40.4 % 08/06 -24 % 37 5/29 Stage 4 C 52 4 of 9 0.7 $ Rental & Leasing Services Neutral
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— Industrials 2.30 $ -62.5 % -64.2 % -62.1 % −75.6 % +85.0 % 35 20 10.8 % 7.4 % 2.21 — 11.8 0.1 0.6 — — 7.8 -4.1 % 15.7 % -7.3 % -567.0 % 0.5 % — -2.1 % -6.0 % 2 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.1 117.5 % 73.9 % 2.6 (10)
EVH Evolent Health Inc 1 34.7 % 08/06 -28 % 69 6/22 Stage 3 D 44 6 of 9 0.4 $ Health Information Services – — — Healthcare 4.00 $ +20.0 % +39.7 % -59.2 % −58.3 % +88.0 % 67 42 6.6 % 7.3 % 0.77 — 19.3 0.2 1.1 13.6 1.93 88.5 — 20.2 % -26.3 % -65.1 % -0.4 % 2.49 — -26.6 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.1 101.0 % 13.2 % 4.6 (14)
ASPN Aspen Aerogels Inc 1 61.7 % 08/06 -5 % 49 6/29 Stage 3 D 33 5 of 9 0.6 $ Building Products & Equipment – — — Industrials 6.30 $ +108.5 % +101.3 % -17.4 % −41.9 % +35.1 % 85 42 7.0 % 6.8 % 2.98 — 714.3 2.8 — 16.5 — 65.4 — 21.5 % -48.6 % -42.4 % -6.1 % — — -40.1 % 6 0.0 % 0.0 % -3.2 70.4 % 11.7 % 4.2 (9)
HNST Honest Company Inc 1 51.7 % 08/05 +36 % 29 2/16 Stage 2 B 56 5 of 9 0.6 $ Household & Personal Products – — — Consumer Defensive 5.50 $ +39.5 % +32.2 % +46.0 % −32.6 % +9.9 % 48 93 4.8 % 5.1 % 2.11 — 48.5 1.7 3.7 11.0 — 19.2 — 39.7 % -5.4 % -10.9 % 1.3 % 0.07 — -1.9 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % 3.5 46.2 % 9.4 % 4.3 (7)
ALEC Alector Inc 1 36.6 % 08/06 -25 % 29 3/22 Stage 4 C 49 2 of 9 0.2 $ Biotechnology – — — Healthcare 1.80 $ +17.3 % +43.4 % +21.9 % −45.6 % +106.7 % 32 5 10.0 % 8.7 % 0.60 — 8.5 14.3 — — — -8.4 — -482.5 % 0.0 % -238.9 % -25.7 % — — -79.1 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % -9.0 82.3 % 5.4 % 3.9 (9)
MYO Myomo Inc 1 35.8 % 08/10 +46 % 89 8/22 Stage 2 C 48 5 of 9 0.1 $ Medical Devices – — — Healthcare 1.40 $ +30.8 % +8.8 % -20.7 % −54.6 % +342.0 % 74 42 13.7 % 12.6 % 1.44 — 0.0 1.3 6.0 — — -0.8 — 66.0 % -36.7 % -98.5 % -22.6 % 2.11 — +25.7 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % -6.3 41.0 % 7.1 % 4.6 (5)
OPRT Oportun Financial Corp 1 37.0 % 08/05 +0 % 30 3/22 Stage 3 C 45 6 of 9 0.4 $ Credit Services Uses AI
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— Financial Services 8.10 $ +4.9 % +5.9 % +37.6 % −28.1 % +55.2 % 35 7 5.1 % 4.7 % 1.23 — 4.9 0.5 — 0.9 — 0.0 — 95.1 % 2.5 % 4.7 % 0.6 % — — +19.5 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % 3.7 87.2 % 4.0 % 4.0 (6)
TASK TaskUs, Inc. 1 30.1 % — — — — C 51 7 of 9 0.6 $ Information Technology Services Sells AI
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— Technology 7.30 $ -45.0 % -40.6 % -34.2 % −64.4 % +48.4 % — — — — 2.06 5.8 4.4 0.5 2.2 5.3 — 4.2 11.5 % 39.2 % 8.7 % 26.5 % 9.9 % 0.43 57.1 % +19.0 % 6 55.8 % 3.1 % 2.8 83.3 % 13.1 % 3.2 (6)
PRGO Perrigo Company PLC 2 26.7 % 08/05 -22 % 56 5/22 Stage 4 D 44 3 of 9 1.8 $ Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic – — — Healthcare 12.80 $ -28.5 % -23.3 % -39.0 % −66.0 % +24.1 % 11 11 5.0 % 4.9 % 0.54 — 4.7 0.4 0.7 15.0 1.14 8.4 3.5 % 34.2 % -43.5 % -52.2 % 2.1 % 1.52 31.3 % -2.8 % 4 10.9 % 58.0 % 2.2 116.5 % 25.5 % 3.8 (5)
APPS Digital Turbine Inc 2 48.3 % 08/04 -13 % 92 10/25 Stage 2 B 69 6 of 9 1.8 $ Software - Application Uses AI
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— Technology 14.30 $ +85.2 % +140.0 % +205.1 % −5.9 % +20.0 % 95 17 10.7 % 12.7 % 2.84 — 333.3 2.9 — 82.8 0.69 16.1 — 49.1 % -4.5 % -21.8 % 4.7 % — — +15.2 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.9 66.7 % 9.1 % 3.5 (2)
BLMN Bloomin Brands Inc 2 41.6 % 08/05 -21 % 52 7/31 Stage 2 C 45 7 of 9 0.9 $ Restaurants – — — Consumer Cyclical 11.00 $ +33.7 % +40.1 % +65.7 % −19.2 % +0.5 % 68 71 6.2 % 6.0 % 1.20 47.5 6.2 0.2 2.4 6.1 1.07 12.4 — 13.6 % 0.7 % 6.8 % 2.5 % 5.01 — +0.1 % 3 5.5 % 11.6 % 1.4 92.8 % 11.1 % 3.0 (13)
CRCT Cricut Inc 2 26.9 % 08/04 -20 % — Stage 4 B 57 7 of 9 0.0 $ Computer Hardware – — — Technology 5.80 $ -10.3 % -8.1 % +7.2 % −39.7 % -24.7 % 20 50 3.7 % 3.8 % 0.11 — 0.0 — — — — 5.9 — 54.6 % 10.4 % 17.3 % 9.2 % — — -0.5 % 6 4.3 % 83.3 % 10.2 53.5 % 11.1 % 1.8 (4)
ALTI Alvarium Tiedemann Holdings Inc. 2 28.0 % 08/10 -16 % 41 4/22 Stage 4 B 65 7 of 9 0.7 $ Asset Management – — — Financial Services 4.50 $ -33.4 % -24.5 % -3.2 % −40.4 % +130.8 % 14 42 8.2 % 7.2 % 0.71 — 0.0 2.5 — — — -360.2 — 25.8 % -42.0 % -12.9 % -3.7 % — — +23.2 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 4.4 15.3 % 2.7 % 5.0 (1)
CTOR Citius Oncology, Inc. 2 34.8 % 08/11 — 41 4/22 Stage 4 D 29 5 of 9 0.1 $ Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic – — — Healthcare 0.75 $ -31.5 % -39.6 % -59.3 % −89.3 % +534.9 % 9 42 9.2 % 8.5 % 3.48 — 35.6 11.8 2.0 — — 0.0 — 80.1 % 0.0 % -119.9 % -28.3 % 0.11 — — 5 0.0 % 0.0 % -1.9 15.3 % 2.2 % 3.0 (1)
DFNS T3 Defense Inc. 2 34.9 % — -33 % 24 4/29 Stage 4 E 23 5 of 9 0.0 $ Aerospace & Defense Sells AI
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— Industrials 38.00 $ +263,813.0 % +447,163.2 % +648.5 % 0 % +68.7 % 1 42 12.7 % 15.9 % -14.05 — 0.0 6.2 0.3 — — 0.2 -104.3 % 10.2 % 0.0 % -66.0 % -12.3 % — -9.8 % -100.0 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % -0.9 1.9 % 13.8 % —
FTK Flotek Industries Inc 2 32.6 % 08/04 +148 % 57 2/10 Stage 2 B 58 4 of 9 1.3 $ Oil & Gas Equipment & Services – — — Energy 35.40 $ +36.2 % +25.9 % +178.9 % −14.4 % +4.3 % 86 20 6.4 % 6.7 % 1.48 45.4 42.7 4.4 11.0 — 4.32 38.4 — 24.7 % 13.0 % 25.1 % 10.9 % 0.43 — +26.9 % 6 0.0 % 0.0 % 2.7 31.8 % 17.7 % 4.5 (2)
KLTR Kaltura Inc 2 46.4 % 08/06 -12 % 87 9/25 Stage 4 D 41 5 of 9 0.3 $ Software - Application – — — Technology 1.80 $ -17.7 % -25.9 % +2.3 % −37.9 % +150.0 % 23 42 5.3 % 4.7 % 1.17 — 72.5 1.5 — 24.5 — -5.9 — 71.2 % -8.3 % -107.8 % -1.2 % — — +1.2 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % -7.9 33.0 % 1.8 % 3.4 (5)
SWIM Latham Group Inc 2 30.2 % 08/04 +28 % 18 3/29 Stage 4 C 51 3 of 9 0.9 $ Building Products & Equipment – — — Industrials 7.50 $ -7.4 % +2.9 % +2.3 % −29.3 % +9.8 % 27 74 4.4 % 4.5 % 1.68 105.3 0.0 1.5 2.1 23.8 — 13.0 — 33.4 % 0.9 % 2.2 % 2.6 % 0.09 — +7.4 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 5.0 91.3 % 7.3 % 4.0 (8)
BWEN Broadwind Energy Inc 3 34.3 % 08/11 -14 % 49 6/29 Stage 2 D 44 7 of 9 0.1 $ Specialty Industrial Machinery Neutral
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— Industrials 4.70 $ +71.4 % -31.1 % +78.5 % −20.2 % +46.3 % 95 97 12.1 % 12.5 % 1.75 20.6 43.3 0.7 1.7 — 1.05 8.0 — 10.6 % 3.3 % 8.2 % 0.3 % 0.42 — +10.4 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % -2.5 31.7 % 5.4 % 4.3 (3)
W Wayfair Inc 3 32.5 % 08/03 +16 % 8 2/31 Stage 4 D 39 3 of 9 14.1 $ Internet Retail – — — Consumer Cyclical 106.70 $ -15.5 % -5.0 % +45.5 % −22.1 % -17.6 % 56 13 6.5 % 6.8 % 2.98 — 30.7 1.1 3,057.1 26.6 23.50 107.7 0.4 % 30.4 % -2.4 % 0.0 % 3.7 % -1.28 -99.0 % +5.1 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % -4.4 113.3 % 18.1 % 3.8 (35)
VOYG Voyager Technologies, Inc. 3 28.5 % 08/03 — — Stage 2 D 39 3 of 9 0.0 $ Aerospace & Defense – — — Industrials 41.90 $ +28.5 % +6.5 % +19.6 % −44.1 % +55.2 % 55 50 8.1 % 10.7 % — — 0.0 — 7.7 — — 0.0 -126.7 % 13.6 % -72.9 % -54.1 % -11.1 % 1.38 34.9 % +15.4 % 2 0.0 % 0.0 % 4.2 69.7 % 21.7 % —
INSP Inspire Medical Systems Inc 3 26.8 % 08/03 -29 % 80 7/22 Stage 4 B 59 4 of 9 1.7 $ Medical Devices – — — Healthcare 60.20 $ -54.7 % -53.0 % -21.9 % −70.5 % +0.3 % 5 93 4.9 % 5.3 % 0.67 14.4 114.9 1.9 2.3 14.8 — 14.5 — 86.1 % 15.0 % 18.4 % 3.9 % 0.04 — +13.6 % 7 0.0 % 0.0 % 13.6 122.1 % 19.8 % 4.2 (18)
AMRC Ameresco Inc 3 40.5 % 08/03 -14 % 49 6/29 Stage 4 C 53 3 of 9 1.4 $ Engineering & Construction – — — Industrials 25.70 $ -5.2 % -12.4 % +28.2 % −38.2 % +70.8 % 54 14 5.6 % 7.2 % 2.62 42.8 24.3 0.7 1.2 — 2.21 12.4 — 16.1 % 1.4 % 4.4 % 1.9 % 1.85 — +9.2 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 5.0 99.3 % 15.6 % 3.7 (13)
ORIC Oric Pharmaceuticals Inc 3 29.5 % 08/11 +12 % 56 5/22 Stage 4 D 38 4 of 9 1.4 $ Biotechnology – — — Healthcare 13.50 $ +8.9 % +20.5 % +40.2 % −36.6 % +54.4 % 23 42 6.0 % 6.6 % 0.97 — 0.0 — 3.4 — — 0.1 — — 0.0 % -42.6 % -26.0 % 0.01 — — 2 0.0 % 0.0 % 20.4 114.2 % 21.5 % 4.8 (12)
IBTA Ibotta, Inc. 3 54.6 % 08/12 — 92 10/25 Stage 2 D 33 4 of 9 0.9 $ Software - Application – — — Technology 38.40 $ +35.6 % +53.5 % +15.3 % −22.5 % -5.9 % 50 4 6.1 % 5.8 % -0.43 — 24.7 2.6 3.6 12.5 — 2,688.0 — 78.2 % -3.2 % -2.3 % -1.2 % 0.10 — -6.8 % 6 0.0 % 0.0 % 5.6 50.9 % 28.9 % 3.8 (9)
DDD 3D Systems Corporation 3 37.8 % 08/10 -22 % 47 5/25 Stage 2 D 40 4 of 9 0.6 $ Computer Hardware Uses AI
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— Technology 3.70 $ +77.4 % +60.7 % +109.7 % −28.4 % +42.9 % 89 42 7.6 % 8.6 % 2.70 8.7 22.5 1.6 2.7 — 0.85 4.4 — 34.4 % 16.1 % 32.6 % -6.6 % 0.62 — -12.1 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % -0.4 59.1 % 28.1 % 3.5 (4)
JELD Jeld-Wen Holding Inc 3 27.1 % 08/04 -30 % 23 4/29 Stage 4 D 26 3 of 9 0.2 $ Building Products & Equipment – — — Industrials 1.90 $ -38.2 % -43.9 % -65.2 % −76.3 % +17.9 % 10 25 12.8 % 11.4 % 2.11 — 6.9 0.1 13.4 — 2.15 12.3 — 15.5 % -16.1 % -219.2 % -1.9 % 115.49 — -15.0 % 2 0.0 % 0.0 % 2.5 93.0 % 15.4 % 2.7 (9)
BLZE Backblaze Inc 3 53.9 % 08/06 +57 % 62 6/25 Stage 3 B 64 5 of 9 1.1 $ Software - Infrastructure Uses AI
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— Technology 18.80 $ +150.2 % +211.9 % +181.7 % −8.2 % +21.5 % 96 42 14.6 % 9.7 % 1.57 — 116.3 6.8 — 47.4 — 115.6 — 62.3 % -13.1 % -27.6 % -3.5 % — — +14.3 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % -0.3 48.9 % 4.5 % 4.8 (6)
VGAS Verde Clean Fuels Inc. 3 46.7 % 08/12 -28 % 99 8/15 Stage 4 D 30 2 of 9 0.1 $ Utilities - Renewable – — — Utilities 1.30 $ -22.8 % -54.1 % -51.3 % −59.0 % — 10 42 14.1 % 10.3 % -0.32 — 0.0 — 0.9 — — -0.8 — — 0.0 % -22.3 % -11.8 % 0.02 — -100.0 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 25.7 6.5 % 1.4 % —
XGN Exagen Inc 3 45.9 % 08/04 +13 % 58 5/22 Stage 4 B 57 5 of 9 0.2 $ Diagnostics & Research – — — Healthcare 6.90 $ -28.4 % -23.3 % -23.6 % −62.1 % +82.4 % 29 42 7.6 % 8.7 % 2.02 — 0.0 2.2 11.4 — — -0.2 — 58.3 % -29.5 % -193.6 % -19.1 % 1.76 — +19.7 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % -14.3 52.9 % 4.5 % 4.7 (6)
MOVE Corvex, Inc. 3 75.6 % — — — — B 57 1 of 9 0.4 $ Software - Infrastructure Sells AI
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— Technology 13.00 $ +76.6 % -28.5 % +178.5 % −55.8 % +2,677.8 % — — — — 1.22 — 0.0 530.0 274.1 — — -1.2 -809.4 % 78.5 % -126.2 % -66.5 % -13.5 % — -62.0 % -57.3 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % -31.1 0.4 % 0.3 % 4.0 (1)
LIFE Ethos Technologies Inc. 3 28.7 % — — — — C 46 6 of 9 2.0 $ Insurance Brokers Uses AI
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— Financial Services 31.60 $ — — — −33.7 % +4.8 % — — — — — — 0.0 — 4.4 — — 17.2 -84.6 % 98.1 % -18.2 % -29.1 % -11.2 % — -4.7 % +52.1 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % 2.7 64.6 % 8.2 % —
ATKR Atkore International Group Inc 4 28.3 % 08/04 -15 % 23 4/29 Stage 2 D 41 5 of 9 3.2 $ Electrical Equipment & Parts – — — Industrials 93.70 $ +24.2 % +16.5 % +73.9 % −11.3 % -2.9 % 72 10 3.9 % 4.4 % 1.65 — 12.3 1.1 2.5 54.4 1.39 60.5 5.5 % 20.0 % -5.6 % -9.0 % 3.0 % 0.72 45.0 % -11.0 % 2 1.4 % 29.4 % 7.1 98.4 % 4.3 % 3.5 (4)
LUNG Pulmonx Corp 4 31.6 % 07/29 -30 % — Stage 4 D 43 3 of 9 0.0 $ Medical Devices – — — Healthcare 2.00 $ -42.1 % -41.7 % +25.9 % −67.8 % +61.9 % 10 50 8.4 % 7.8 % 0.31 — 28.3 — — — — -5.6 — 77.1 % -55.0 % -86.2 % -22.1 % — — +8.0 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % -9.4 79.1 % 3.0 % 4.3 (7)

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The list a day trader starts the session with - and specifically the one we back-tested for you. Gowon Gajjala won the 2023 US Investing Championship with a single setup: bull flags on 5-minute candles in small stocks running hot that day. Before he looks at a single candle, his shortlist is settled.

All scanners are recalculated daily across the entire stock universe — most recently on 9. August 2026. The data basis is fundamental data and SEC filings (10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports).

Currently, 58 stocks pass this scanner's criteria (as of 9. August 2026).

No global trading filters — this strategy checks the entire stock universe purely against its own criteria (mega caps over $50B included).

It shows the stocks a day trader starts the session with. Gowon Gajjala won the 2023 US Investing Championship with a single setup: bull flags on 5-minute candles in small stocks that are running hot that day. His shortlist is settled before he looks at a single candle, and that shortlist is what we reproduce: the stock closed between $0.50 and $100 the previous day, at least one million shares changed hands on the signal day, and the price traded at least 25% above the previous close at some point during the day. We calculate on raw prices, because a day trader trades real prices; only the previous close is converted split-safely into the price basis of the signal day, otherwise every stock split would pass as a price jump. What this list explicitly is not: an entry signal. The trade only forms inside the day - an impulse of at least two green 5-minute candles, a quiet consolidation in the upper part of that impulse on falling volume, entry on the break above its high, a stop at the consolidation low and no more than 4% below the entry, a partial sale at +8%, the rest trailed along the 9-period line, everything flat by 3:55 p.m. New York time at the latest. A daily list cannot capture that part. We back-tested the full recipe over the last twelve months (August 2025 to July 2026), after costs of 0.2% per side: 230 trades, a 17.0% hit rate, -0.15% per trade on average, profit factor 0.85. Before costs it stood at +0.15% per trade - the strategy lives and dies on execution. Two comparison runs on the same trading days put that in context: buying blindly as the +25% mark was crossed lost 0.92% per trade, and a random intraday entry lost 0.32%. Waiting for the flag was therefore clearly better than either - just not good enough to earn back the trading costs. Measured across all candidate days rather than only the ones with a flag, the verdict is even plainer: a random entry lost 0.46% and a blind buy at the +25% mark lost 0.67% per trade. The candidate day on its own is no edge; it is the shortlist a recipe still has to do something with. A hit stays on the list for five trading days. A hit is a find, not a buy signal. Source: price data.

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