2.5.1 Changing Stock Screener settings

You can fine-tune your screening rules by changing some of these parameters.

Click on the Configure button in Stock Screener and you will be able to configure the following settings:

General settings
The General Settings window is shown in Figure 2.12.

Figure 2.12: XPertTrader - Stock Screener’s general settings.

• Price constraints
  Screen for stocks which have prices within the specified minimum and maximum price range.

• Volume Constraints
  Screen for stocks which average the specified volume over a particular period.

Market trend
The Market Trend window is shown in Figure 2.13.

Figure 2.13: XPertTrader - market trend.

By clicking on the relevant checkbox, the user may specify to screen or backtest only stocks using any of the following conditions:

• Uptrend.

• Downtrend.

• Range-bound.

In addition the user can specify (or customize) the trend:

• Short term (10 days by default).

• Mid-term (21 days by default).

• Long-term (50 days by default).