Finviz Screener Secrets

FINVIZ SCREENER SECRETS
COUNTRY
DEFINITION
COUNTRY
When you choose the USA, you are
only screening companies listed on
the U.S. market and located in the
United States.
ADVANTAGE
I have at least some understanding

of official regulations and policies in
the United States for the
companies located in the U.S.
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OPTION / SHORT
DEFINITION
Eliminating all the stocks which do

not have any options. If you trade
penny stocks or small cap shares,
do not touch this setting.
OPTION/SHORT

OPTION / SHORT
ADVANTAGES OPTIONABLE GREAT FOR
For a company to have options, they have to meet certain rules and criteria. Day Traders (Option)
(Suf cient number of shares, enough shareholders, certain amount of trading volume) Swing Trader / Investor
Day Traders (Option)

High liquidity and high trading volume
Swing Trader / Investor

More established and more mature companies (Compared to non-optionable stocks)

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BEST SETTINGS
DAY TRADING DAY TRADING SWING / INVESTING

Style
Penny / Small Cap Shares Options Stocks or Options
These settings are adjustable (Not Rules!) and foundation / starter for trading style.
You add more settings over these for your speci c trading and investing purposes. (Such as SMA, P/E, 52 Week)
Option / Short Any Optionable Optionable
Average Volume
Relative Volume
Float
Market Cap
Price

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AVERAGE VOLUME
DEFINITION
Average number of shares

traded in a security per day.
Changing depends on the period.
(Generally 20, 30 day or 3 Months)
FORMULA AVERAGE VOLUME

The average number of shares
traded in a security per day, during
the recent 3-month period.
(From FINVIZ)

I DO NOT touch stocks with a lower than
AVERAGE TRADING VOLUME of 100,000
AVERAGE VOLUME shares per day
ADVANTAGES HIGH AVERAGE VOLUME GREAT FOR
Day Traders (Penny)

Day Traders (Small Cap)
Liquidity is high. Easy to sell and buy the security
Day Traders (Penny)

High trading volume and better order execution times
Day Traders (Penny)

Due to the high number of participants, spreads are generally low

BEST SETTINGS

Style
Average Volume Over 100K / 500K Over 500K / 1M Over 1M
Relative Volume
Float
Market Cap
Price

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RELATIVE VOLUME
DEFINITION
Relative volume is the ratio

between today’s current volume
and the average volume.
FORMULA RELATIVE VOLUME

Relative Volume =
Current Volume /
3-month Average Volume
(From FINVIZ)

RELATIVE VOLUME
ADVANTAGES HIGH RELATIVE VOLUME GREAT FOR
Day Traders (Penny)

Activity. High relative volume means something important is happening that day Day Traders (Small Cap)
(Catalyst = News, earnings reports, product release, news deals or contracts, anything) Day Traders (Option)
Day Traders (Penny)

With a high relative volume, spreads generally get smaller
Day Traders (Penny)

Easy to sell and buy these stocks, more participants, faster execution times

BEST SETTINGS

Style
Relative Volume Over 1.5 / 2 Over 1 / 1.5 Over 1
Float
Market Cap
Price

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SHARES FLOAT
DEFINITION
Number of common shares which is

tradable only by the public. Who is
the public? It’s me, it’s you, funds,
and so on.
FORMULA
SHARES FLOAT
Float =
Shares Outstanding (Total Shares) -
Insider Shares - Above 5% Owners -
Rule 144 (From FINVIZ)

SHARES FLOAT
ADVANTAGES HIGH FLOAT GREAT FOR

Less volatility, healthier and steady price action
Manipulation of these stocks with high shares oat is hard, really hard Day Traders (Option)
(It’s not impossible, but you need extremely large orders or panic selling in the markets) Swing Trader / Investor

High liquidity

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SHARES FLOAT
ADVANTAGES LOW FLOAT GREAT FOR
Day Traders (Penny)

Extremely high volatility (Crazy price movements in a day)
These stocks could be easily manipulated with large orders. Day Traders (Penny)
(Day traders can ride the waves) Day Traders (Small Cap)
Day Traders (Penny)

Home runners (Hit and Run)

BEST SETTINGS

Style
Float Under 50M Over 20M / 30M Over 50M
Market Cap
Price

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MARKET CAPITALIZATION
DEFINITION
MARKET CAP It’s a measure of corporate

size, calculated by multiplying
market price and the number of
shares outstanding.
FORMULA
Market Capital =
Current Market Price *
Number Of Shares Outstanding
(From FINVIZ)

ADVANTAGES +SMALL / +MID CAPS GREAT FOR

More mature and established companies like APPLE

Volatility is less, spreads are better
It is hard to grow small accounts, unless you day trade options. Day Traders (Option)
(Option traders like +Small / +Mid Caps) Swing Trader / Investor

ADVANTAGES -SMALL CAPS GREAT FOR
These stocks are volatile, due to their low price points and low oats. Day Traders (Penny)
(Great for day traders who trade penny stocks) Day Traders (Small Cap)
Day Traders (Penny)

There will be crazy price moves in these stocks in a single day
They have generally low volume and higher spreads unless they have a high relative Day Traders (Penny)
volume ratio (High relative volume is key for day trading small caps) Day Traders (Small Cap)

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BEST SETTINGS

Style
Market Cap -Small Cap +Small Cap (Over $300M) +Small / +Mid Cap
Price

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PRICE
DEFINITION
Current market price of the stock.

Penny stocks trade for less than $5
per share. (Some considers it under
$1 per share)
PRICE

BEST SETTINGS

Style
Market Cap -Small Cap +Small Cap (Over $300M) +Small / +Mid Cap
Price Under $5 / $10 Over $5 / $10 Over $5 / $10

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SNAPSHOT
SNAPSHOT
Stock
Chart
Company / Stock
Details
Auto Technical
Analysis
Company / Stock
News Company
Description
Insider
Trading

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@InvestingWithMK
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or blog post are provided for educational and entertainment purposes ONLY.
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document, video, social media post or blog post is my (Mete Kaplan) personal opinion only, which may or may not be accurate.
Any trade that is taken based upon our educational or research materials is at your own risk for your own account. Trading foreign exchanges (forex), cryptos
(cryptocurrencies or coins), stocks, options, commodities, ETFs, mutual funds, index funds, or any other type of financial securities on cash accounts or margin accounts
may not be suitable for all investors and could be highly risky.
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FINVIZ SCREENER SECRETS

I have at least some understanding

© METE KAPLAN @InvestingWithMK

Eliminating all the stocks which do

© METE KAPLAN @InvestingWithMK

ADVANTAGES OPTIONABLE GREAT FOR

Day Traders (Option)

Day Traders (Option)

© METE KAPLAN @InvestingWithMK

DAY TRADING DAY TRADING SWING / INVESTING

Option / Short Any Optionable Optionable

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Average number of shares

FORMULA AVERAGE VOLUME

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ADVANTAGES HIGH AVERAGE VOLUME GREAT FOR

Day Traders (Penny)

Day Traders (Penny)

Day Traders (Penny)

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DAY TRADING DAY TRADING SWING / INVESTING

Option / Short Any Optionable Optionable

Average Volume Over 100K / 500K Over 500K / 1M Over 1M

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Relative volume is the ratio

FORMULA RELATIVE VOLUME

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ADVANTAGES HIGH RELATIVE VOLUME GREAT FOR

Day Traders (Penny)

Day Traders (Penny)

Day Traders (Penny)

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DAY TRADING DAY TRADING SWING / INVESTING

Option / Short Any Optionable Optionable

Average Volume Over 100K / 500K Over 500K / 1M Over 1M

Relative Volume Over 1.5 / 2 Over 1 / 1.5 Over 1

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Number of common shares which is

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ADVANTAGES HIGH FLOAT GREAT FOR

Day Traders (Option)

Day Traders (Option)

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ADVANTAGES LOW FLOAT GREAT FOR

Day Traders (Penny)

Day Traders (Penny)

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DAY TRADING DAY TRADING SWING / INVESTING

Option / Short Any Optionable Optionable

Average Volume Over 100K / 500K Over 500K / 1M Over 1M

Relative Volume Over 1.5 / 2 Over 1 / 1.5 Over 1

Float Under 50M Over 20M / 30M Over 50M

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MARKET CAP It’s a measure of corporate

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ADVANTAGES +SMALL / +MID CAPS GREAT FOR

Day Traders (Option)

Day Traders (Option)

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ADVANTAGES -SMALL CAPS GREAT FOR

Day Traders (Penny)

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DAY TRADING DAY TRADING SWING / INVESTING

Option / Short Any Optionable Optionable