Scan on Favorites - why is this scan not generating results? Any help appreciated

dryan3

[type = stock] AND [exchange = NYSE] or [country = uk]
or [group is etf]


AND [Daily SMA(20,Daily Volume) > 40000]
AND [Weekly MACD Signal(12,26,9,Weekly Close) > 0] AND [Weekly MACD Line(12,26,9,Weekly Close) > 0]
AND [Weekly MACD Signal(12,26,9,Weekly Close) crosses Weekly MACD Line(12,26,9,Weekly Close)]
AND [Weekly MACD Hist(12,26,9,Weekly Close) < Last Week's MACD Hist(12,26,9,Weekly Close)] AND [Last Week's MACD Hist(12,26,9,Weekly Close) < 2 weeks ago Weekly MACD Hist(12,26,9,Weekly Close)] AND [2 weeks ago Weekly MACD Hist(12,26,9,Weekly Close) < 3 weeks ago Weekly MACD Hist(12,26,9,Weekly Close)] AND [3 weeks ago Weekly MACD Hist(12,26,9,Weekly Close) < 4 weeks ago Weekly MACD Hist(12,26,9,Weekly Close)]

and [favorites list is 11] // 0 AA - Top Stocks Google - Netflix - Amazon
and [favorites list is 15] // Energy Stocks - Dec 14
and [favorites list is 2] // Greenlight Capital+Pershing Square Holdings
and [favorites list is 33] // MLP's
and [favorites list is 16] // REITS - Aug15

markd

One reason is, it's unlikely that a symbol in the first list AND the second list AND the third list, etc., which is what your scan is asking for. It's more like that a symbol is in the first list OR the second list, OR the third list, etc.

So you have to restructure your "stocks I want to look at" section. Also note, whenever you want to use an OR statement, you need to put double brackets around it.

See this link for an explanation of how to use "OR" in a scan:

stockcharts.com/docs/doku.php?id=scans:advanced_scan_syntax

You have to think a little about what goes together.

[ [type = stock] or [group is etf] ]

AND

[ [exchange = NYSE] or [country is uk] ]

AND

[Daily SMA(20,Daily Volume) > 40000]


AND

[

[favorites list is 11] // 0 AA - Top Stocks Google - Netflix - Amazon
or [favorites list is 15] // Energy Stocks - Dec 14
or [favorites list is 2] // Greenlight Capital+Pershing Square Holdings
or [favorites list is 33] // MLP's
or [favorites list is 16] // REITS - Aug15

]

So, this get stocks or etfs that trade on the nyse or are uk stocks AND are included in your favorites lists.

I'm not sure if that's really what you want. Maybe you want every etf and every uk and nyse stock. If that's the case, you have to re-order things. If you want to limit things to just your favorites lists (much easier), then just eliminate everything above that first bracket under the "AND" that starts the list of favorites.