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- SwingTracker Functions and Features

14) Scan Functions: Using Criteria

By clicking on ADD CRITERIA in the query folder of the scan function, a window will pop up, allowing you to build your own customized queries with over 200 built-in parameters. The parameters are in a set of folders. Here is a guide to the folders and their contents:

Folder Content Lookup:
Folder Content
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Price

CLOSE - Today's Closing Price -
You can only use built-in parameters. For instance, you cannot use "CLOSE6" for 6 days ago closing price, for it is not a predefined parameter.
CLOSE1 - Yesterday's Closing Price
CLOSE2 - 2 days ago Closing Price
CLOSE3 - 3 " "
CLOSE4 - 4 " "
CLOSE5 - 5 " "
CLOSE15 - 15 " "
CLOSE50 - 50 " "
CLOSE125 - 125 " "
CLOSE250 - 250 " "
OPEN - Today's Opening Price
OPEN1 - Yesterday's Opening Price
OPEN2 - Open Price, 2 Days Ago
OPEN3 - Open Price, 3 Days Ago
OPEN4 - Open Price, 4 Days Ago
OPEN5 - Open Price, 5 Days Ago
HIGH - Today's High Price
HIGH1 - Yesterday's High Price
HIGH2 - High Price, 2 Days Ago
HIGH3 - High Price, 3 Days Ago
HIGH4 - High Price, 4 Days Ago
Search for two successive year highs:

CLOSE=MAX250
AND
CLOSE1=MAX250_1
AND
CLOSE>CLOSE1

HIGH5 - High Price, 5 Days Ago
LOW - Today's Low Price
LOW1 - Yesterday's Low Price
LOW2 - Low Price, 2 Days Ago
LOW3 - Low Price, 3 Days Ago
LOW4 - Low Price, 4 Days Ago
LOW5 - Low Price, 5 Days Ago
MAX20 - 20-Day Price High, Today
MAX20_1 - 20-Day Price High, Yesterday
MAX40 - 40-day high
MAX40_1 - 40-day high (yesterday's)
MAX125 - 125-day high
MAX125_1 - 125-day high (yesterday's)
MAX250 - 250-day high
MAX250_1 - 250-day high (yesterday's)
MIN20 - 20-Day Price Low, Today
MIN20_1 - 20-Day Price Low, Yesterday
MIN40 - 40-day low
MIN40_1 - 40-day low (yesterday's)
MIN125 - 125-day low
MIN125_1 - 125-day low (yesterday's)
MIN250 - 250-day low
MIN250_1 - 250-day low (yesterday's)

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Moving Average

SMAC5 - 5-day Simple Moving Average -
Click here for an explanation of the difference between simple & exponential moving averages.

Default settings are exponential in SwingTracker, and can be changed in "UTILITIES" "PARAMETERS"

SMAC5_1 - 5-day SMA (yesterday's)
SMAC10 - 10-Day Simple MA, Today
SMAC10_1 - 10-Day Simple MA, Yesterday
SMAC15 - 15-day Simple Moving Average
SMAC15_1 - 15-day SMA (yesterday's)
SMAC20 - 20-Day Simple MA, Today
SMAC20_1 - 20-Day Simple MA, Yesterday
SMAC50 - 50-day Simple Moving Average
SMAC50_1 - 50-day SMA (yesterday's)
SMAC125 - 125-day Simple Moving Average
SMAC125_1 - 125-day SMA (yesterday's)
SMAC250 - 250-day Simple Moving Average
SMAC250_1 - 250-day SMA (yesterday's)
MAC5 - 5-day Exponential Moving Average
MAC5_1 - 5-day EMA (yesterday's)
MAC15 - 15-day Exponential Moving Average
MAC15_1 - 15-day EMA (yesterday's)
MAC50 - 50-day Exponential Moving Average
MAC50_1 - 50-day EMA (yesterday's)
MAC125 - 125-day Exponential Moving Average
MAC125_1 - 125-day EMA (yesterday's)
MAC250 - 250-day Exponential Moving Average
MAC250_1 - 250-day EMA (yesterday's)

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Volume

VOLUME - Today's Volume
VOLUME1 - Yesterday's Volume
VOLUME2 - 2 days ago Volume
VOLUME3 - 3 " "
VOLUME4 - 4 " "
VOLUME5 - 5 " "
MAV5 - 5-day Volume Average
MAV20 - 20-day Volume Average
MAV40 - 40-day Volume Average
MAV125 - 125-day Volume Average
MAV250 - 250-day Volume Average

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IQC Zone

1 - Is Green -
To search for IQC Zone turning green:

IQC=1 AND IQC_1=2

2 - IQC Zone today
IQC - IQC Zone today
IQC_1 - IQC Zone yesterday
IQC_2 - IQC Zone 2 days ago
IQC_10 - IQC Zone 10 days ago
IQC_20 - IQC Zone 20 days ago
IQC_30 - IQC Zone 30 days ago

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Money Flow

MF - Today's Money Flow
MF_1 - Yesterday's Money Flow
MF_5 - 5 days ago Money Flow
MFA5 - 5-day MF Average
MFA20 - 20-day MF Average
MFA50 - 50-day MF Average
MFA200 - 200-day MF Average

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RSR (Relative Strength Ranking)

RSR - Today's RSR
RSR_1 - Yesterday's RSR
RSR_10 - 10 days ago RSR
RSR_50 - 50 days ago RSR
RSR_200 - 200 days ago RSR

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BB (Bollinger Bands)

BBU10 - 10-day upper band -
Equivalent BB settings in SwingTracker are:

10-DAY
Period: 10
Deviation: 150

20-DAY
Peroid: 20
Deviation: 200

30-DAY
Period: 30
Deviation: 250

BB settings can be changed in SwingTracker at "UTILITIES" "PARAMETERS."

BBU10_1 - Yesterday's 10-day upper band
BBU10_5 - 5 days ago 10-day upper band
BBL10 - 10-day lower band
BBL10_1 - Yesterday's 10-day lower band
BBL10_5 - 5 days ago 10-day lower band
BBMA10 - 10-day BB average
BBMA10_1 - Yesterday's 10-day BB average
BBMA10_5 - 5 days ago 10-day BB average
BBU20 - 20-day upper band
BBU20_1 - Yesterday's 20-day upper band
BBU20_5 - 5 days ago 20-day upper band
BBL20 - 20-day lower band
BBL20_1 - Yesterday's 20-day lower band
BBL20_5 - 5 days ago 20-day lower band
BBMA20 - 20-day BB average
BBMA20_1 - Yesterday's 20-day BB average
BBMA20_5 - 5 days ago 20-day BB average
BBU30 - 30-day upper band
BBU30_1 - Yesterday's 30-day upper band
BBU30_5 - 5 days ago 30-day upper band
BBL30 - 30-day lower band
BBL30_1 - Yesterday's 30-day lower band
BBL30_5 - 5 days ago 30-day lower band
BBMA30 - 30-day BB average
BBMA30_1 - Yesterday's 30-day BB average
BBMA30_5 - 5 days ago 30-day BB average

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CCI (Commodity Channel Index)

CCI10 - 10-day CCI
CCI10_1 - Yesterday's 10-day CCI
CCI10_2 - 2 days ago 10-day CCI
CCI10_5 - 5 days ago 10-day CCI
CCI30 - 30-day CCI
CCI30_1 - Yesterday's 30-day CCI
CCI30_2 - 2 days ago 30-day CCI
CCI30_5 - 5 days ago 30-day CCI
CCI60 - 60-day CCI
CCI60_1 - Yesterday's 60-day CCI
CCI60_2 - 2 days ago 60-day CCI
CCI60_5 - 5 days ago 60-day CCI

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DMI (Directional Moving Index)

PDI10 - 10-day +DI -
Click here for an explanation of the Directional Moving Index.
PDI10_1 - Yesterday's 10-day +DI
PDI10_5 - 5 days ago 10-day +DI
MDI10 - 10-day -DI
MDI10_1 - Yesterday's 10-day -DI
MDI10_5 - 5 days ago 10-day -DI
ADX10 - 10-day ADX
ADX10_1 - Yesterday's 10-day ADX
ADX10_5 - 5 days ago 10-day ADX
PDI20 - 20-day +DI
PDI20_1 - Yesterday's 20-day +DI
PDI20_5 - 5 days ago 20-day +DI
MDI20 - 20-day -DI
MDI20_1 - Yesterday's 20-day -DI
MDI20_5 - 5 days ago 20-day -DI
ADX20 - 20-day ADX
ADX20_1 - Yesterday's 20-day ADX
ADX20_5 - 5 days ago 20-day ADX

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Force Index

FORCE3 - 3-Day ForceIndex Indicator -
FORCE13 - 13-Day ForceIndex Indicator

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MACD (Moving Average Convergence/Divergence)

MACD15 - 15-day MACD -
Equivalent MACD settings in SwingTracker are:

15-DAY
Period 1: 15
Period 2: 9

40-DAY
Period 1: 40
Period 2: 20

100-DAY
Period 1: 100
Period 2: 60

MACD settings can be changed in SwingTracker at "UTILITIES" "PARAMETERS."

MACD15_1 - Yesterday's 15-day MACD
MACD15_5 - 5 days ago 15-day MACD
MACD40 - 40-day MACD
MACD40_1 - Yesterday's 40-day MACD
MACD40_5 - 5 days ago 40-day MACD
MACD100 - 100-day MACD
MACD100_1 - Yesterday's 100-day MACD
MACD100_5 - 5 days ago 100-day MACD

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Momentum

MT20 - 20-day Momentum
MT20_1 - Yesterday's 20-day Momentum
MT20_5 - 5 days ago 20-day Momentum
MT40 - 40-day Momentum
MT40_1 - Yesterday's 40-day Momentum
MT40_5 - 5 days ago 40-day Momentum
MT60 - 60-day Momentum
MT60_1 - Yesterday's 60-day Momentum
MT60_5 - 5 days ago 60-day Momentum

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OBV (On Balance Volume)

OBV - Today's On Balance Volume
OBV_1 - Yesterday's OBV
OBV_5 - 5 days ago OBV
OBV_20 - 20 days ago OBV
OBV_50 - 50 days ago OBV
OBV_200 - 200 days ago OBV

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RSI (Relative Strength Index)

RSI10 - 10-day RSI
RSI10_1 - Yesterday's 10-day RSI
RSI10_2 - 2 days ago 10-day RSI
RSI10_5 - 5 days ago 10-day RSI
RSI20 - 20-day RSI
RSI20_1 - Yesterday's 20-day RSI
RSI20_2 - 2 days ago 20-day RSI
RSI20_5 - 5 days ago 20-day RSI
RSI30 - 30-day RSI
RSI30_1 - Yesterday's 30-day RSI
RSI30_2 - 2 days ago 30-day RSI
RSI30_5 - 5 days ago 30-day RSI
RSI50 - 50-day RSI
RSI50_1 - Yesterday's 50-day RSI
RSI50_2 - 2 days ago 50-day RSI
RSI50_5 - 5 days ago 50-day RSI

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Stochastics

STO12_K - 12-day %K -
Equivalent Stochastic settings in SwingTracker are:

12-DAY
%K: 12
%D: 5

23-DAY
%K: 23
%D: 5

Stochastic settings can be changed in SwingTracker at "UTILITIES" "PARAMETERS."

STO12_K_1 - Yesterday's 12-day %K
STO12_K_2 - 2 days ago 12-day %K
STO12_K_3 - 3 days ago 12-day %K
STO12_K_4 - 4 days ago 12-day %K
STO12_K_5 - 5 days ago 12-day %K
STO12_D - 12-day %D
STO12_D_1 - Yesterday's 12-day %D
STO12_D_2 - 2 days ago 12-day %D
STO12_D_3 - 3 days ago 12-day %D
STO12_D_4 - 4 days ago 12-day %D
STO12_D_5 - 5 days ago 12-day %D
STO23_K - 23-day %K
STO23_K_1 - Yesterday's 23-day %K
STO23_K_2 - 2 days ago 23-day %K
STO23_K_3 - 3 days ago 23-day %K
STO23_K_4 - 4 days ago 23-day %K
STO23_K_5 - 5 days ago 23-day %K
STO23_D - 23-day %D
STO23_D_1 - Yesterday's 23-day %D
STO23_D_2 - 2 days ago 23-day %D
STO23_D_3 - 3 days ago 23-day %D
STO23_D_4 - 4 days ago 23-day %D
STO23_D_5 - 5 days ago 23-day %D

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UO (Ultimate Oscillator)

UO - Today's Ultimate Oscillator
UO_1 - Yesterday's Ultimate Oscillator
UO_2 - 2 days ago Ultimate Oscillator
UO_3 - 3 days ago Ultimate Oscillator
UO_4 - 4 days ago Ultimate Oscillator
UO_5 - 5 days ago Ultimate Oscillator

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%R (William's %R)

PCTR10 - Today's 10-day %R
PCTR10_1 - Yesterday's 10-day %R
PCTR10_2 - 2 days ago 10-day %R
PCTR10_3 - 3 days ago 10-day %R
PCTR10_4 - 4 days ago 10-day %R
PCTR10_5 - 5 days ago 10-day %R
PCTR20 - Today's 20-day %R
PCTR20_1 - Yesterday's 20-day %R
PCTR20_2 - 2 days ago 20-day %R
PCTR20_3 - 3 days ago 20-day %R
PCTR20_4 - 4 days ago 20-day %R
PCTR20_5 - 5 days ago 20-day %R

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Volatility

VOLAT5 - 5-day Volatility
VOLAT10 - 10-day Volatility
VOLAT20 - 20-day Volatility
VOLAT50 - 50-day Volatility
VOLAT200 - 200-day Volatility

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Candlesticks

CANDLE_1 - Denotes Candlestick Pattern -
To look for stocks with a "Bullish Harami" pattern, the scan should read:

CANDLE_1=4

Click here for a section on the definition of various Candlestick Patterns.

0 - Hammer
1 - Hanging Man
2 - Bullish Engulfing
3 - Bearish Engulfing
4 - Bullish Harami
5 - Bearish Harami
6 - Bullish Harami Cross
7 - Bearish Harami Cross
8 - Inverted Hammer
9 - Piercing Lines
10 - Dark Cloud Cover
11 - Bullish Doji Star
12 - Bearish Doji Star
13 - Morning Star
14 - Evening Star
15 - Morning Doji Star
16 - Evening Doji Star
17 - White Marubozu
18 - Black Marubozu

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Fundamentals

PE - Price/Earning Ratio -
To scan for Nasdaq stocks only, scan should include:

EXCHANGE=122

EPS - Earnings Per Share
Shares - Shares Outstanding
Div - Dividend
Yield - Yield
MarketCap - Maket Capitalization
Exchange - Denotes Exchange
104 - AMEX
122 - Nasdaq
124 - NYSE

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