Breakout & Setup
Oliver Kell: Bull Snorts
Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Kell's 'Bull Snorts' (Screening Guide): liquid stocks (price above $20, average volume above 500,000) that are trading up today AND trading at least double their normal volume (relative volume ≥ 2, ideally 3+). The 'bull's snort': somebody is buying in unusual size today — the volume footprint almost always comes before the headline.
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.
- Liquidity
- How easily a stock can be bought and sold without moving the price - measured by (dollar) volume. Illiquid stocks have wide spreads and jerky prices; that is why almost every scanner applies a minimum liquidity filter.
- 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 | 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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| KLIC Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc | 08/05 | +47 % | 60 6/25 | Stage 2 | B 64 | 6 of 9 | 4.7 $ | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Neutral | — | Technology | 89.20 $ | +180.3 % | +179.3 % | +176.2 % | −1.4 % | +12.1 % | 97 | 6 | 7.6 % | 6.8 % | 1.63 | 81.7 | 20.8 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 1,085.3 | 2.38 | 48.1 | 15.9 % | 49.8 % | 7.2 % | 6.4 % | 3.9 % | 0.05 | 72.3 % | -7.4 % | — | 0.9 % | 54.3 % | 13.9 | 93.1 % | 6.1 % | 4.0 (5) | |
| VRNS Varonis Systems | 08/04 | +13 % | 95 11/25 | Stage 3 | B 64 | 7 of 9 | 4.4 $ | Software - Infrastructure | – | — | — | Technology | 40.00 $ | +6.8 % | +20.2 % | -28.4 % | −39.7 % | +26.7 % | 43 | 42 | 7.3 % | 5.8 % | 0.83 | — | 227.3 | 6.4 | 10.6 | 36.0 | 7.38 | -20.7 | -25.1 % | 77.1 % | -20.5 % | -31.8 % | -5.7 % | 1.15 | 27.7 % | +13.2 % | — | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 3.1 | 99.5 % | 7.2 % | 4.2 (24) |
| SPSC SPS Commerce Inc | 07/29 | -23 % | 34 4/25 | Stage 4 | C 53 | 7 of 9 | 2.7 $ | Software - Application | – | — | — | Technology | 73.40 $ | -38.5 % | -37.2 % | -32.6 % | −61.2 % | -0.9 % | 9 | 27 | 5.7 % | 5.0 % | 0.56 | 32.2 | 68.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 13.6 | 4.71 | 13.5 | 12.8 % | 69.8 % | 10.1 % | 9.7 % | 6.8 % | 0.01 | 82.9 % | +17.8 % | — | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 11.3 | 110.8 % | 9.5 % | 4.3 (12) |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kell's 'Bull Snorts' (Screening Guide): liquid stocks (price above $20, average volume above 500,000) that are trading up today AND trading at least double their normal volume (relative volume ≥ 2, ideally 3+). The 'bull's snort': somebody is buying in unusual size today — the volume footprint almost always comes before the headline.
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, 3 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.
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Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.