Scan to return previous day close

Fine2dance

I was trying to return a scan that will provide me with previous day close price. Currently I’m only able to return current day close price.Any suggestions

markd

A scan only returns symbols that match the scan criteria you provide and some data associated with the matching symbols.

For each matching symbol, the results page displays the *current* day's close (and other data, like the stock name, sector, industry, etc.). This is true even if you set the run date for the scan to a past date.

Also, while you can write a scan that looks at the previous day's close, for example

and [1 day ago close > 10]

the results page will still show today's close, not the 1 day ago close.

To verify the scan results, you would download the charts to a list, then apply a chart style with the end date set to the date for 1 day ago.

gord

Agree with Markd's comments, but you could also add the following as the last line in your scan.

rank by [1 day ago close]

markd

That's right. Didn't think of that. Thanks!