Most Active Penny Stocks Today
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These are penny stocks that have had unusual volume recently according to our stock scanner. You can sort columns or add filters in order to fine-tune the scan results. We define penny stocks as those with a price of less than $1.00 per share.
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 Most Active Penny Stocks
The above list represents penny stocks that have unusual volume today.
It's powered by our proprietary stock scanner, which searches once per day for penny stocks that have high relative volume.
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 active penny stocks. This scanner is designed for active stock traders.
This video shows how to use our scanner:
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Our free scanner offers you the ability to find penny stocks that have unusual volume, 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:
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What Exactly Is an Unusual Volume Stock?
An unusual volume stock is one that has seen a major surge in trading volume recently.
Volume is one of the key indicators in the world of stocks. Volume is defined as how many shares of a particular stock were sold and purchased during a particular period.
Volume therefore indicates the activity level that occurred for a stock during a particular time period. It can be measured in any time increment, such as one day, one minute, or any other increment.
A stock is said to have unusual volume if its most recent volume is particularly high relative to its average historical volume. Another way of putting it is that stocks with unusual volume have high relative volume.
Many trading platforms allow you to enable the volume indicator on stock charts. Volume is often depicted in bar chart format where the height of the bar corresponds with the amount of volume for that time period.
That image is a graphical icon that gives an idea visually of what an unusual volume stock looks like according to its volume indicator.
We highlighted the most recent bar in gold to signify that it has unusual volume. It has high relative volume compared to the other green volume bars next to it.
How We Find the Most Active Penny 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 penny stocks that have unusual volume each day, our scanner looks for penny stocks that just exhibited high relative volume on the most recent trading day.
Our Criteria for Defining the Most Active Penny Stocks
To find penny stocks that have unusual volume, our scanner looks for penny stocks where yesterday's volume is at least three times the average volume of any of the prior three days. We define a penny stock as any stock with a stock price that is less than $1.00.
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