Technical screening filters the market by what price and volume have done, not by what a company earns. It answers a different question from fundamental screening: not "is this business good or cheap?" but "is the market currently buying or selling it, and how hard?" The strongest approach combines both.
Last updated: October 2026.
The technical filters in the screener
| Signal | Filter | What it tells you | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trend | Above SMA 50, Above SMA 200 | Direction over weeks and months | Stocks above the 200-day average |
| Overbought / oversold | RSI (14) | How stretched a move is | RSI oversold screener |
| Strength | New 52W High, % from 52W High | Leadership | 52-week high breakouts |
| Weakness | New 52W Low | Capitulation or trouble | 52-week low screener |
| Participation | Vol / Avg | Whether many investors care | Unusual volume |
| Overnight news | Gap (%) | Reaction to news | Gap up and gap down |
| Volatility | BB Width, BB Position | Quiet before a move | Bollinger Band squeeze |
All of these are computed from end-of-day prices. They suit a daily or weekly review, not intraday trading.
How to combine them
Single signals produce noisy lists. Pairs work better.
Trend plus pullback. Above SMA 200 and RSI below 40. Stocks in a long uptrend that have dipped. Start from the RSI guide.
Breakout with volume. New 52W High and Vol / Avg above 1.5. A new high that many investors joined.
Quiet then moving. BB Width under 5% on one day, then Vol / Avg above 2 on the day price leaves the bands.
Strength with quality. Above SMA 200 plus a Moat Score of 75 or more. Good businesses the market already rewards.
Add fundamentals on top
Technical screens tell you when, and fundamentals tell you what. Before acting on a technical list:
- Check that earnings are not about to be published, since results can erase any pattern. See earnings season screening.
- Check profitability and debt: ROE, debt to EBITDA.
- Check valuation: P/E, EV/EBITDA.