Three checks built around how the Stock Market Game is actually won: short-term momentum on real volume, overextended gainers to short, and stocks with a track record of popping on earnings. Enter a ticker and see exactly which rules it passes. SMG's own trading rules are built in.
Everything here is computed from price, volume, and reported earnings. None of it reads news, guidance, lawsuits, FDA decisions, or anything else that moves a stock in a day.
Treat a pick as a starting point. Check the stock's news and the earnings page before you trade it.
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Get premium accessSwing trading isn't one indicator. A stock passes only when its price, its volume, and its earnings all say the same thing. Price above its 20, 50, and 200 day averages means the trend is up on every timeframe. Relative volume above 1.5x means today's trading is heavier than usual, so the move has participation behind it. EPS growth means the trend has fundamentals under it rather than just a chart.
A stock that misses one or two of the minor rules but clears the SMG rules, relative volume, and SMA20 is marked as a near miss, so you can decide for yourself.
The largest single-day gainers often give back a chunk of the move within a day or two. Pull today's top gainers from the home page, then check them here for signs of exhaustion: RSI in overbought territory and a daily swing large enough that a pullback is worth shorting.
Kept strict on purpose. Shorting into a real catalyst is how accounts get wiped, so check the news before you short anything that passes.
Stocks that keep beating estimates and keep rising afterward tend to be priced for another beat. Find names reporting soon on the earnings calendar, then check each one's last several reports here: did it beat the EPS estimate every time, and how did the price move from the close before the report to two sessions after.
A stock that beat all 4 recent quarters and rose after most of them (averaging 3%+) while in an uptrend is marked as a near miss. The recent beat rule never relaxes.
The biggest single-day gainers often retrace hard within a day or two. Grab today's gainers from the home page, run them through the short check above, and short after the initial pop fades.
Open market moversThe earnings calendar shows every report coming up. Each stock's earnings page has past surprises, upcoming estimates, and how the stock moved after prior releases. Position ahead of the report based on the setup.
Earnings reporting todayCluster buying from executives is one of the clearest bullish signals in the market. Recent insider activity across your watchlist surfaces setups you'd otherwise miss.
Every analysis page includes SMA, EMA, RSI, ADX, and Williams %R. Use RSI to time entries on oversold bounces, and ADX to confirm trend strength before sizing up.
Run your holdings through one analysis to get sector concentration, overlapping earnings dates, correlation between positions, and total portfolio swings on a weekly or annual basis. If your competition includes a presentation or writeup, this is what separates "I picked stocks I liked" from "here's why my portfolio held up."
Analyze a portfolioThe ratings page grades stocks across multiple dimensions. Historical ratings show how a stock's fundamentals have shifted over time, useful for spotting momentum before it shows up in price.
Stocks must trade above $3 and the company must have a market cap of at least $25 million. Trades execute at the closing price of the day you place them, so the entry you see at 10am is not the price you get. Short selling is allowed, and margin is available up to a limit. Check your competition's current rulebook since these details change year to year.
SMG scores on total return over a short window, so diversification mostly caps your upside. Two to four high-conviction positions beat twelve safe ones. The tradeoff is that one bad day can erase a week, so keep an exit rule written down before you enter: a fixed percent loss, a broken SMA20, or an earnings date you don't want to hold through.
Because fills happen at the close, the stock that gapped up 30% at the open is already priced by the time you get in. The edge is in what happens over the next one to three days. Momentum picks are about continuation; short picks are about the retrace. Neither works if you chase the first candle.
SMA is just the average close over N days; price above it means buyers have been in control for that stretch. Relative volume says whether today is unusual. RSI compares recent up days to down days, and above 70 means the run has been one-sided. Standard deviation of daily returns is the size of a normal day, which tells you how much you can make or lose without anything going wrong.