Top Momentum Stocks Today
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These are stocks that just exhibited a burst of upward price momentum according to our stock scanner. You can sort columns or add filters in order to fine-tune the scan results..
As of April 17, 2025 at 3:11am Eastern Time
*Wins, Losses, Win Percentage, and Annualized Return are referring to how the stock performed in backtests for the Trade Setup indicated.
How to Use Our Scanner for Momentum Stocks
The above list represents stocks that have momentum today.
It's powered by our proprietary stock scanner, which searches once per day for stocks that have momentum.
You can sort columns using the up and down arrows next to the column name. You can add filters for the column values by clicking the "Add Filter" button above the list of momentum stocks. This scanner is designed for active stock traders.
This video shows how to use our scanner:
Scanner Features that Require a Subscription
Our free scanner offers you the ability to find stocks that have momentum, but you may need more than that to ensure you're making trades that have a true edge.
Our paid scanner service is designed to offer you all the intelligence our research can offer. These are the scanner features you get if you pay for a subscription:
- See the historical backtested performance for each scan result. It looks like this:
- See full trade setups for each scan result, including when to enter and exit. It looks like this:
- Get alerted when there are new scan results (by text or email).
- Get access to real-time scan updates throughout the trading day.
- Access scan results for all trading strategies in a single scan to easily see which trade setups have the best backtested performance across the entire market at any given time.
- Get access to scan results for our proprietary trading strategies, which required years of research to develop.
- Find Stock Trade Setups That Have a Backtested Edge
- Based on Technicals Like Chart Patterns and Indicators
Here's a video that explains the difference between our free momentum scanner and our paid scanner service:
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Average Annualized Return
79.4%
What Exactly Is a Momentum Stock?
The term "momentum stock" refers to a stock that has just exhibited a significant upward price movement. A momentum stock's price is volatile.
Momentum is a type of [stock indicator](/stock indicators). It can be measured in different ways.
One way is to look at its recent price fluctuations and compare them to its average historical fluctuations. If the most recent price fluctuations are higher than average, and those price fluctuations have been in a positive direction, then the stock might be considered a momentum stock.
Another way is to look at its average price fluctuations as a percentage of its stock price. If the average range of its recent price fluctuations is a high percentage of its stock price, and those price fluctuations have been in a positive direction, then it can be said to be a momentum stock.
One useful indicator for defining a momentum stock is average true range (ATR). It calculates the average amount that the price of a stock moved in a period over a given length of time.
Since the ATR captures the range of price fluctuations, it can be used to define a stock's momentum.
That image is a graphical icon that helps demonstrate what price momentum might look like on a stock chart. Each of the green bars represents the price bars on a stock chart.
You can see how the two recent bars represent 1) an increased range of price relative to the first two bars and 2) upward price movement. This could characterize the stock as a momentum stock.
How We Find Momentum Stocks Each Day
Our one-of-a-kind scanning technology is at the heart of everything we do here. We have a way to program a trading strategy into our scanner, and then it uses real-time data feeds to find any stocks that meet the criteria of the trading strategy.
In the case of finding stocks that have momentum each day, our scanner looks for stocks that just exhibited momentum on the most recent trading day.
Our Criteria for Defining Momentum Stocks
To find stocks that have momentum, our scanner looks for stocks where yesterday's price range is at least three times the average price range of the stock from the prior three weeks. The most recent day also needs to be a green price candle.
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