All Opinions for a symbol can be found on the Barchart Opinion page. The stock's 50-Day Moving Average Opinion, then, will generate a 'Buy' signal. After each calculation, Opinion assigns a buy, sell or hold value for each study, depending on where the price lies in reference to the common interpretation of the study.įor example, if the end-of-day price for a stock is above the 50-Day Moving Average, the general interpretation of this trading strategy is that the stock in in an upward trend or a 'buy'.

The Opinions takes up to 5 years' worth of each symbol's historical data and runs the prices through thirteen different technical indicators. Barchart Opinions show traders what a variety of popular trading strategies are suggesting in terms of going long or short the market. To understand the Top Stock Picks, you must first understand the concept behind the Barchart Opinion and the Trading Strategies. The 20-day average volume must be greater than 10,000.The symbol's last price must be greater than $2.00.This filter is applied to eliminate stocks that have short-term price spikes. The 20-Day Historical Volatility for the symbol must be less than 100%.This highlights only trades that historically have had a greater chance of a profitable signal exit. The Win% for the specific trading strategy/signal must be greater than 30%.It has the highest 5-Year Signal Gain and is the first symbol listed on the All Top Stock Picks page.

The Top Stock Pick must meet the following requirements: The Top Stock Pick is presented as a trading idea for a stock that is entering a new position that you may want to watch. Available only with a Premier Membership, the top stock pick is the one that generated a new trading signal at the end-of-day which represents the best opportunity for entering a trade based on the 5-Year performance of the trading signal. Today's Top Stock Pick showcases the top stock found by Barchart's Opinions.

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