An end-of-day scanner with prepared strategy presets — golden cross, volume breakout, oversold bounce, VWAP bounce and more — plus every technical column you would want to verify them.
Ready-made setups do the filtering; the indicator columns let you check the scanner's reasoning instead of trusting it blindly.
The tool opens inside your BreakPoint account. If you are not signed in yet you will be asked to sign in first, and access depends on your active plan.
Analytics — Positional is an end-of-day scanner built around named setups. Instead of assembling filters yourself, you pick a preset that describes a recognisable condition — strong trend momentum, an EMA golden cross, a volume breakout, an oversold bounce, a bullish consolidation, a trend reversal — and the scanner returns the stocks currently matching it.
Each result then carries the technical columns behind that classification: price, RSI, VWAP, relative strength, whether price sits above the 20, 50 and 200-period averages, ADX trend, volume trend, MACD trend, consolidation status, the nearest resistance and support levels, and any candle pattern that has just formed.
That combination is what makes it a learning tool as much as a screening one. You see the setup, and immediately beside it the evidence for why the stock qualified, so you can judge whether it is a strong example or a marginal one.
Presets describe conditions, not quality. Two stocks can both match a golden cross while one is a textbook example and the other barely qualifies — which is exactly why the indicator columns are shown.
Positional trading gives you time to think. This tool is built for using it.
Positional traders
Screen once, hold for weeks, and use the indicator columns to decide when the reason for holding has expired.
Swing traders
Presets like volume breakout and VWAP bounce translate directly into shorter-horizon setups.
Learners
Seeing many examples of the same setup side by side is the fastest way to develop a feel for what a good one looks like.
Systematic traders
The same preset every week produces comparable results you can actually evaluate over time.
Named setups
A dozen prepared conditions covering trend, reversal, breakout and consolidation ideas.
Full evidence shown
Every indicator behind the classification is visible, so nothing is a black box.
Levels included
Support and resistance references come with each row, which is where stops and targets belong.
Candle pattern filters
Narrow to engulfing, doji, hammer, marubozu or star formations when timing an entry.
Multi-average view
Position against the 20, 50 and 200-period averages shows short, medium and long-term trend in one row.
End-of-day workflow
Runs on completed sessions, which suits anyone who cannot watch markets during the day.
Choose a preset, optionally add a pattern filter, then read the table.
The preset row scrolls horizontally and the results table scrolls sideways with the symbol column anchored, so the workflow survives on a phone.
Run it weekly, or after the close on any day you plan to add positions.
Pick one preset
Choose the setup that matches the market environment. Oversold bounce and trend momentum suit very different conditions, and running both at once produces a list you cannot interpret.
Check the trend columns first
Look at where price sits relative to the 20, 50 and 200-period averages. All three aligned is a genuine trend; a mixed picture means the setup is fighting a longer-term direction.
Verify strength with ADX
A strong ADX supports trend and breakout presets. If it is weak, breakouts from that list are more likely to stall.
Use RSI for timing, not direction
A mid-range RSI in a rising trend is usually a more comfortable entry than a very high one, which often means waiting for a pause is better.
Add a pattern filter if timing an entry
An engulfing or hammer pattern at the end of a pullback is a classic entry cue and narrows the list quickly.
Read the level columns
Measure the distance to resistance against the distance to support. If that ratio is unattractive, skip the stock however good the setup looks.
Write the plan
Entry, stop just beyond support, target near resistance, and a position size that makes the loss acceptable if you are wrong.
Every column, translated.
| Field | What it tells you | How to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Symbol / Price | The stock and its latest price. | The reference point for turning percentage risk into an actual quantity. |
| RSI | How stretched the recent move is, on a 0–100 scale. | Timing, not direction. Very high readings suggest waiting; mid-range in an uptrend is usually comfortable. |
| VWAP | The volume-weighted average traded price. | Price above it means buyers have been in control; a bounce from it is a common continuation entry. |
| RS 55 | Relative strength against the broader market over a longer window. | Prefer stocks outperforming the index — they hold up better when the market wobbles. |
| EMA 20 / 50 / 200 | Whether price is above each average. | Above all three, in order, is the cleanest trend condition available in a single glance. |
| ADX Trend | How strongly the stock is trending, regardless of direction. | Strong readings favour trend setups; weak ones warn that breakouts will likely fail. |
| Volume Trend | Whether activity is expanding or contracting. | Breakouts need expanding volume; consolidations should show it contracting before the move. |
| MACD Trend | Whether momentum is building or fading. | A confirmation column — it should agree with the preset, not contradict it. |
| Consolidation | Whether the stock is in a tight range. | Tight ranges precede moves and allow the tightest stops. A favourite condition for patient entries. |
| Resistance / Support | The nearest levels above and below. | Your target and stop-loss references. Check the ratio between them before committing. |
| Patterns | The candle formation just printed. | Entry timing. A reversal pattern at support is more useful than the same pattern in the middle of a range. |
The main preset families and what each is designed to catch.
The EMA golden cross preset returns two stocks. Stock A trades above all three averages, ADX shows a strong trend, volume is expanding, relative strength is positive and support sits 4% below with resistance 12% above. Stock B is above the 20 and 50 but below the 200, ADX is weak, volume is contracting and resistance sits 3% overhead.
Both technically match the preset. Stock A has a genuine trend on every timeframe, strength to support it, and three times as much room to resistance as risk to support. Stock B is a short-term bounce inside a longer-term downtrend with a ceiling immediately overhead and no strength behind it. The preset found both; the columns tell you only one is worth trading.
This is the entire argument for showing the indicator columns rather than just a list of names.
Presets save time. They do not replace judgement.
✅ Do this
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Indicator stacking. Adding more conditions until only two stocks remain feels rigorous but usually just selects for rarity rather than quality. Two or three conditions that genuinely agree beat eight that were tuned until the list looked comfortable.
Holding positions for weeks to months, based on daily or weekly charts. It requires fewer decisions than intraday or swing trading and tolerates deeper pullbacks in exchange for larger overall moves.
It is when a shorter-term moving average crosses above a longer-term one, traditionally the 50 above the 200. It signals that the medium-term trend has turned up relative to the long-term trend.
Trend location relative to the long-term average, trend strength, volume behaviour and relative strength against the index. Oscillators like RSI are best used for timing entries rather than choosing direction.
Price clearing a level on activity well above the stock's recent average. The volume matters because it shows the break was driven by many participants rather than a few small orders.
Price is above its short, medium and long-term averages simultaneously, which means the trend is intact on every timeframe. It is the simplest single description of a healthy uptrend.
Treat it as a measure of how stretched a move is, not as a buy or sell signal. In a strong trend, RSI can stay high for long periods, so selling purely because it crossed 70 exits many of the best positions early.
A tight sideways range after an advance, where the stock digests its gains without giving them back. It often precedes continuation and allows an unusually tight stop-loss because the range itself is narrow.
They are useful for timing within an existing context and unreliable in isolation. A hammer at a support level in an uptrend means something; the same hammer in the middle of a range does not.
It measures trend strength without indicating direction. Strong readings support trend-following entries; weak readings warn that the market is choppy and breakouts are likely to fail.
Weekly is usually enough for positional trading, plus a run on any evening you plan to add a position. Daily scanning tends to encourage over-trading in a style that is meant to be patient.
Yes — volume breakout, VWAP bounce and consolidation setups translate well to shorter horizons. Simply use tighter stops and take profits earlier than a positional trader would.
Because indicators describe the past. They improve your odds; they do not determine outcomes. A meaningful share of good-looking setups fail, which is why position sizing and a defined stop matter more than the quality of the screen.
Every technical term above, written for someone who has never traded before.
Holding for weeks to months.
Positional trading rides the larger trend and accepts deeper pullbacks along the way. It requires the fewest decisions and the most patience, and it lives on daily and weekly charts rather than minute-by-minute action.
A running average of price that reacts faster to recent moves.
Imagine plotting the average closing price of the last 20 days and joining the dots. That line smooths out daily noise so you can see the underlying direction. An EMA does the same thing but gives more weight to the most recent days, so it turns faster than a plain average. Price above a rising EMA is the simplest definition of an uptrend; price below a falling EMA is the simplest definition of a downtrend.
Short, medium and long-term trend lines.
The number is how many sessions the average covers. EMA 20 describes the last month of trading, EMA 50 the last quarter, EMA 200 roughly the last year. When price sits above all three and they are stacked in order, short above medium above long, the stock is in a healthy trend on every timeframe at once. That stacking is what most swing traders mean by "the trend is clean".
A 0–100 speedometer for how stretched a move is.
RSI compares the size of recent gains to recent losses and squeezes the answer into a 0–100 scale. Above 70 means the stock has risen quickly and may pause; below 30 means it has fallen quickly and may bounce. The common beginner mistake is treating 70 as an automatic sell. In a strong trend a stock can stay above 70 for weeks. Use it to judge timing, not direction.
A momentum tool built from two moving averages.
MACD measures the gap between a fast and a slow moving average. When the gap widens the move is accelerating; when it narrows the move is losing steam. A "crossover" is the moment that gap flips sign, which traders read as momentum changing hands from sellers to buyers or the other way round.
A strength meter that says how trending the market is.
ADX does not tell you the direction, only the conviction. Low readings, roughly under 20, describe a sideways chop where breakouts tend to fail. Higher readings, roughly above 25, describe a market that is genuinely travelling in one direction. Pairing direction from a trend tool with strength from ADX filters out a lot of false starts.
The average price everyone actually paid today.
VWAP averages every trade of the day but weights each one by how many shares changed hands. It answers a simple question: is the current price above or below what the average buyer paid today? Above VWAP, buyers who entered earlier are in profit and tend to defend the level. Below it, they are underwater and tend to sell into strength. Intraday traders use it as the day's fair-value line.
How a stock is performing compared to the index.
A stock can rise 1% on a day the index rises 2% — it went up, but it lagged. Relative strength measures that comparison directly. Rising relative strength means money is choosing this stock over the broader market, which is exactly what you want in a swing position, especially when the index itself is flat or falling.
A bar showing open, high, low and close for one period.
The thick body spans the open and close; the thin wicks show how far price travelled and was rejected. A long lower wick means sellers pushed price down and buyers took it all back — often more informative than the closing price alone.
Price levels where buyers or sellers repeatedly show up.
Support is a level where falling prices have previously found buyers; resistance is where rising prices have previously found sellers. They are not exact lines, they are areas. Their value is practical: they give you an objective place to put a stop-loss and a realistic first target.
How much you stand to make versus what you risk.
If your stop is 3% away and your target is 9%, the ratio is 1:3. A trader can be wrong more often than right and still finish ahead when the ratio is favourable. Checking it before entry is the single fastest way to filter out mediocre setups.
Looking for a term that is not here? The full trading glossary covers every concept used across these guides.