2.5 Stock Screener

Stock Screener (SS) lets you scan the stock market thoroughly with ease using the rules composed in Rules Composer. Figure 2.11 shows a screenshot of the Stock Screener.

Figure 2.11: Stock Screener window.

Listed below are descriptions on Stock Screener functions:

1. Rules to use for screening. The rules are to be created using the Rules Composer.

2. Screening period where the rules selected in (1) will be applied to.

3. Screening scope by market, market sector or user’s defined watchlist.

4. Additional screening configurations.

5. Screen for stocks exhibiting buy or sell signal. Using a buy rule to screen for sell signal won’t work and vice versa.

6. Button to start the screening process.

7. Display the screening results.

8. Click this to minimize the XPertTrader window to view XP-triggered signals on charts.

9. Click to save the screening result (either the rules or rules + results).