this is the pre-market scan TI uses for finding strong gap ups (strong = at least 5% move from previous close; min avg daily vol 200k) (I use a modified version of this) this is the post market scan for gap ups. You're a member so you should be able to see all the symbols. They have a similar list for those gapping down on their site.
I wonder who the frigging genious is who fu**ed this up? Must be one of the new 'value added' services of the merger. IDIOTS.[/QUOTE] after my posting on this a while back, i got a msg from someone who said it was very deliberate, and the thought process (that they heard about) is that if they only get a few subscribers, it will be better than before, since they won't 'lose' anything. person did not work for ISLD/NAZ... of course, i no longer do a deliberate decision to route through island because of this, so they're losing some small amount of money and volume that way. but hey, i've always been a proponent of giving some things away for free in the hopes that you'll get customer loyalty on other things.
i should add... i'm now looking (as well) for an intra-day list of stocks that are biggest % gainers/losers which includes 1) those stocks below $1 and 2) those stocks which haven't traded huge amounts of shares - ie. 30k or something. i have realtick, and they have their top % gainers which does point #2, but only has stocks above $1.
In stockfetcher, there has been a scan created "fading the gap statistics". It ranks gappers based on percentage fill (up or down) daily. This can be used to narrow a watch list daily. I hold 5 of these on a watch list (live) pre-market to see the gap direction/distance etc. I usually enter 1 or 2 of these for long/short based on the gap (daily). The filter has proved powerful in that it calculates the big movers and allows for probability calculations. Good tool.
hmmm. i like that though I can't find it on their site - is that something custom you did? Would love to see a pic of it. thanks
TheRumpledOne created it. A search for fading the gap should do it. You can customize the market to scan (NAZ 100, S&P etc., or all markets). Its a great display and can be tweaked easily to add additional indicators. I've used "gappers" as an additional strategy the past 4 months (thanks to some great discussion on stockfetcher, mainly TheRumpledOne) The most important thing I have found is "knowing the stock and how it bahaves. For example.....AMGN, BMET, GENZ, BIIB, and SHLD are all stocks that fill the gap over 80% of the time. Those are great odds. Learn the stock and run with the behavior it indicates. I use no inidicators except RSI (helps or hinders?), just volume, price, and a look at S/R and the pivot. Stops? You figure this out and let us all know. I use a dollar amount as the stop as well as for my target (ie. loss $200, profit $400). All "gapper" day trades are 2:1 reward to risk for me. The only time it fails is when I deviate from my own damn rules. Hope that helps.
From what it looks like no one here has a good site for the biggest % gappers 90 minutes before the market opens, which is what this thread was about. If you do please post a link (site doesn't have to be free) Also, does anyone have any reliable sites for pre-open and after-hours charts. Thanks in advance. -TheActionKid