August 5, 2026
Etsy's Seven-Week Run Across Four Screeners
Etsy appeared on four different StockMarketScan screeners between mid-June and early August and gained 17.8%. A data review of stacked screener evidence.
Individually, a screener listing is one data point. The more interesting pattern is when the same stock starts passing several unrelated filters at once. Etsy (ETSY) did exactly that between mid-June and early August, and because every listing date and closing price is preserved in the platform's history, the whole sequence can be reconstructed precisely. This is that reconstruction.
The sequence of listings
| Date | Screener | What the filter measures | Close that day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11 | Hot Prospects | Multi-timeframe momentum and liquidity | |
| Jun 16 | Top Tech Stocks | Technical strength within tech | $73.34 |
| Jun 22 | 6 Month Highs | Price approaching its half-year high | $72.54 |
| Jun 24 | 52 Week High Picks | Quality names near a yearly high | $78.02 |
Read the third column top to bottom and you can watch the evidence accumulate. First momentum (Hot Prospects showed a one-month gain of 24.3% at the mid-June listing), then sector-relative strength, then proximity to the six-month high, then the yearly high list. Each filter asks a different question, and within two weeks Etsy answered all four the same way.
What the stock did afterwards
From the June 16 close of $73.34, Etsy advanced to $86.43 by August 4, a gain of 17.8% in seven weeks. The closing peak was $86.47 on July 28. Measured from the later, more conservative entry at the 52 Week High Picks listing on June 24 ($78.02), the same window produced +10.8%. The worst close after the June 16 listing was $72.54, a drawdown of just 1.1%, and after July 1 the stock never closed below $76 again in this window.
The persistence is as notable as the return. Etsy appeared on the Hot Prospects list on more than twenty list dates between June 11 and August 3, and re-qualified for Top Tech Stocks and 6 Month Highs in several separate stretches. A stock that keeps re-entering four filters for seven weeks is exhibiting exactly one behavior: a trend that keeps satisfying the same measurable conditions.
The buying-strength objection
The common objection to high-lists is that buying near a 52-week high means buying expensive. The counter-argument, which this window happens to illustrate, is that stocks near highs got there by trending, and trends persist more often than intuition suggests. The honest version of both statements is statistical: some high-list names break out and keep going, others stall at resistance. What the stacked listings add is corroboration. A name near its yearly high that simultaneously passes momentum, sector and proximity filters carries more evidence than a name that passes one filter alone. Etsy in this window was the well-corroborated case, and the outcome matched.
How to spot stacking yourself
No feature on the platform is needed beyond the lists themselves. Open the screeners you follow, and when a symbol shows up in more than one, note it. The overlap count changes daily and is visible at a glance. The 52 Week High Picks methodology article covers why the high-proximity filters are stricter than they look, and the glossary explains each underlying measure.
Related Resources
- Hot Prospects Screener for the momentum list.
- 52 Week High Picks Screener for the yearly-high list.
- 6 Month Highs Screener for the earlier-stage version.
- Top Tech Stocks Screener for sector-relative strength.
This article is a retrospective review of historical data for educational purposes only. It is not investment advice, no outcome shown here is a promise of future results, and screener appearances are data points, not recommendations.