![]() ![]() Let’s say there’s a stock in your Watch List and you have identified a support area 5% below where it’s currently trading. It’s here that you can identify potential trigger points to initiate a position, and once you have decided upon a strategy, you can bring in the last of the three: The Alerts tool. Clicking any symbol gives you quick access to fundamental data, performance metrics, ratings and risk profile, as well as advanced charting. Just select the symbols you want and add them to a list so you can continue to monitor them. You can easily save in your Watch List any stocks you are interested in keeping an eye on. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Checking off symbols and clicking the “Add to watch list button” makes keeping track and monitoring your newly found stocks easy. Each category has a sub-menu to help you fine-tune your search results.įor example, suppose you’re interested in tracking NYSE listed stocks that hit a growth target between 15-25% last quarter and are trading above their 52 week high, such as shown in figure 1.īy using the watch list you can easily keep track and monitor certain stocks. Let’s start with the Screener tool: It conveniently allows you to set the parameters you are looking for in a stock and there are nine categories to choose from. ![]() By combining the Screener, Watch List and Alerts tools, you can create a funnel into which you can monitor all these potential leads and filter them down to just the ones that fit your trading or investing criteria. When you are looking at leads, you want the very best ones, the ones that give you the greatest chance of a good payoff: The Glengarry leads.īut the market is filled with many leads-thousands of equities, funds, derivative instruments etc.-and some may be better than others in terms of serving your objectives. In sales, a lead is the gateway to a deal, and for the salesman, the key to achieving an objective. On the TD Ameritrade platform, you may seek an advantage by combining three standalone tools, Screeners, Watch Lists, and Alerts-each useful in its own right-into a potential trade candidate generator.īut before we discuss how this triple-threat works, let’s first look at stocks from a different perspective let’s look at them as if they are leads. In both situations, it’s the combination of skills that offers an advantage. In basketball, it’s a player that is equally adept at passing, dribbling, and shooting. In Hollywood, a “triple-threat” is a performer who can not only act, but sing and dance as well. ![]()
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