Signal reference

Triggers when price makes a new N-day high with a green candle (close >= open). Bullish only — use '20-Day New Low' for bearish.

Triggers when price makes a new N-day low with a red candle (close <= open). Bearish only — use '20-Day New High' for bullish.

Triggers when today's high exceeds the prior 252-day maximum. Bullish only — institutional definition (no candle confirmation).

Triggers when today's low falls below the prior 252-day minimum. Bearish only — institutional definition (no candle confirmation).

Identifies stocks trading near short-term highs but within long-term lows, confirmed by a 20-day new high. Triggers when price is above the Nth percentile of the short range AND below the Nth percentile of the long range AND makes a new N-day high.

Reverse of Bearish Trend Breakout. Identifies stocks in a long-term uptrend that are breaking down short-term, confirmed by a 20-day new low. Triggers when price is below the Nth percentile of the short range AND above the Nth percentile of the long range AND makes a new N-day low.

Bullish only. Fires once per 52-week high breakout event, then waits at least `cooldown` trading days before retriggering. Ideal for email alerts — one notification per breakout, not 20.

Bearish only. Fires once per 52-week low breakdown event, then waits at least `cooldown` trading days before retriggering. Ideal for email alerts — one notification per breakdown, not 20.

Detects sustained trend structure. Bullish: N consecutive days of higher highs AND higher lows. Bearish: N consecutive days of lower lows AND lower highs. Triggers on the day the streak is first confirmed.

Bullish: MACD line crosses above signal line. Bearish: MACD line crosses below signal line.

Golden Cross (bullish): fast MA crosses above slow MA. Death Cross (bearish): fast MA crosses below slow MA.

Anchored Volume-Weighted Average Price cross. Bullish: close crosses above VWAP from below. Bearish: close crosses below VWAP from above. Uses rolling N-day anchored VWAP (typical price × volume / volume).

Detects unusual volume spikes exceeding N× the rolling average. Bullish: volume spike with close > open (buying pressure). Bearish: volume spike with close < open (selling pressure).

Triggers when the absolute price change over the last 5 trading days exceeds the threshold. Bullish if up, bearish if down.

Bullish: Price crosses above upper Bollinger Band. Bearish: Price crosses below lower Bollinger Band. Bands = SMA ± N standard deviations.

CCI = (HLC3 - SMA(HLC3)) / (0.015 * MeanDev(HLC3)). Bullish: CCI crosses above -threshold (leaving oversold). Bearish: CCI crosses below +threshold (leaving overbought).

Bullish: RSI crosses above oversold level (default 30) from below. Bearish: RSI crosses below overbought level (default 70) from above. Uses Wilder's smoothed moving average.

Slow Stochastics with %K/%D crossover. Bullish: %K crosses above %D while below oversold (20). Bearish: %K crosses below %D while above overbought (80).

Range: -100 to 0. Bullish: %R crosses above oversold (-80) from below. Bearish: %R crosses below overbought (-20) from above.

Bearish: two troughs test the same support level, then price breaks down below. Tolerance is normalized by daily volatility (z-scores). Requires minimum 8% rally between troughs.

Bullish: two peaks test the same resistance level, then price breaks out above. Tolerance is normalized by daily volatility (z-scores). Requires minimum 8% retracement between peaks.

Bullish reversal: price broke below support (double bottom breakdown) but then rises back above the support level. Bears are trapped. Failure threshold normalized by daily volatility.

Bearish reversal: price broke above resistance (double top breakout) but then falls back below the resistance level. Bulls are trapped. Failure threshold normalized by daily volatility.

Detects trend structure shifts using swing highs and lows. Bullish: last two swing highs form a Higher High (exceeding z-score tolerance), then price pulls back to form a Higher Low above the previous swing low, confirmed after 5 bars. Bearish is the mirror (Lower Low + Lower High). Z-score tolerance adapts to each stock's volatility — tighter for low-vol, looser for high-vol stocks.