Best Trade Ideas columns (what matters)¶
Columns are where Trade Ideas becomes usable. They turn “a lot of alerts” into:
“A short list I can review without guessing.”
The beginner mistake is either: - using too few columns (no context), or - using too many (analysis paralysis / overfitting).
This is the practical middle.
The goal of columns: triage (fast decisions)¶
You’re trying to answer quickly: - Is it liquid? - Is it in play? - Is it chaos (low-float cheap behavior) or clean? - Is it extended?
If columns don’t help you decide faster, remove them.
A starter column set (beginner-safe)¶
Pick columns that measure:
Liquidity + participation¶
- volume / average volume
- dollar volume (if available)
- RVOL
Range + extension¶
- % change
- range
- distance to HOD/LOD
Sanity checks (to avoid junk)¶
- price
- float (or a proxy) to avoid low-float cheap chaos
Start with the tutorial: - Columns that matter
How columns connect to the full workflow¶
Lane → rank → alert → review
Pages: - Filters that matter - Top List Window - Alert Window workflow
The two mistakes that make columns useless¶
1) Overfitting: columns become a dashboard you stare at instead of a triage tool 2) No lane: you’re reviewing garbage because the scanner is too broad
Fix lane first: - Liquidity filters - Stocks in play workflow
