Scan Reports
The StockCharts Scan Engine searches our entire database for symbols that meet your specific technical criteria. This process is called “scanning,” “searching,” or “screening.”
The Scan Reports page contains the results from roughly 100 technical scans designed by StockCharts.com. These results are updated every few minutes during the trading day.
The different scan results are broken out into the following four sections in the report:
New Highs / New Lows
Technical Indicators
Candlestick Patterns
P&F Patterns
Each section is further split into bullish and bearish patterns.
The tabular format makes it easy to see at a glance which sectors, exchanges, and indexes are generating a large number of bullish or bearish signals.
Note: The Scan Reports page is only available to logged-in members.
Accessing the Scan Reports Page
You can access the Scan Reports page from the Scans & Alerts menu at the top of most pages on our site.
There is also a link in the Your Scans area of Your Dashboard. Click on More at top right and select the tool from the dropdown menu.
Layout of the Scan Report
The image below shows the Scan Report. By default, the report shows the number of New Highs and New Lows within major US indexes, exchanges, and sectors.
Each scan in the report is one row in the table, and each group (index, exchange, sector, etc.) is one column in the table.
The number at the intersection of the desired scan and group is the number of stocks in that group that meet the criteria for that scan. For example, if you look at the intersection of the S&P 600 column and the 6-Month Highs row, you can see that 17 stocks in the S&P 600 are currently having new 6-month highs.
The Total column contains the total number of results for that scan in the US or Canada (depending on which country you are viewing in the report). The colored bar to the right of this column shows how that number has changed from the previous day: green means there are more results than yesterday, and red means there are fewer results. If you hover the mouse cursor over the colored bar, it will display how many more or fewer results there are compared to the previous day.
Customizing the Scan Report
The dropdown menus above the table allow you to customize the Scan Report:
Report Category allows you to switch between showing scans for New Highs / New Lows, Technical Indicators, Candlestick Patterns, and P&F Patterns.
Report Type allows you to choose which groups are shown on the report. Choose from US or Canadian indexes, exchanges, sectors ... or display them all.
Report Date allows you to choose whether the scan is run against data from the Latest Intraday Update, or from the Last Market Close.
Viewing Detailed Scan Results
Click on the number of results to see the specific securities returned by the scan. In the example above, if you click on the "17" at the intersection of the S&P 600 column and the New 6-Month Highs row, you will see the specific 17 stocks in the S&P 600 that are having new 6-month highs.
At the top of the scan results page, it shows the name of the scan you clicked on. The Scan Filters section indicates which group was scanned (in this case, the S&P 600).
Note: A clause limiting the results to stocks with market cap above 100 million is automatically added to all Scan Report scans.
Just like with the results of custom scans, the results of Scan Report scans can be viewed in tabular format, as SharpCharts, or as CandleGlance charts. The symbols returned can be saved to a ChartList or downloaded in CSV format.
Learn More: Working with Scan Results
To modify the scan criteria, click the Edit Scan Criteria button. You'll see the scan clauses used in that scan displayed in the Advanced Scan Workbench. You can adjust the scan to suit your needs and save it as a custom scan.
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