August 3, 2026

Interview: "I Spend Less Time Sorting"

Nina, a private swing trader, on replacing evening spreadsheet work with named screener setups, the Strong Volume Gains screener, the Chart Flip Book and why hits are only a research starting point.

Nina, 34, private swing trader. The interview was conducted in German and has been translated and lightly edited for length.

How did you come across stockmarketscan.com?

I was looking for a way to avoid going through thousands of US stocks one by one every evening. What first appealed to me about stockmarketscan.com was the approach of ready-made, named setups. I don't have to start from zero and piece together twenty filters myself. Instead I can pick a concrete idea and then check which stocks currently fit that pattern.

What did you do before?

I had several websites open, copied price lists and built my own spreadsheet columns for volume, moving averages and price changes. It was possible, but extremely cumbersome. Often I was busy sorting before I had even looked at a single chart. On stockmarketscan.com that first pre-selection is presented far more clearly.

Which screener do you use most?

At the beginning it was Strong Volume Gains. According to its description it combines, among other things, positive price development, rising moving averages and increasing volume. Exactly that combination helps me build a first shortlist. I don't just see some long list of stocks, but names where several conditions already line up.

Why is volume in particular interesting to you?

A single price jump can be random or triggered by a news item. But when several volume and trend conditions are met at the same time, I find that a more interesting starting point for further research. Of course that is no proof of a future move. The screener only gives me a structured hint that I cross-check against the chart, company news and my own criteria.

What is the biggest advantage for you?

The time saved. I used to collect data first and only afterwards think about whether a chart was interesting at all. Now I start with a setup and then check the chart. The screener does not replace my own analysis, but it gets me much faster to the candidates I want to look at more closely.

How do you proceed from there?

I open the hits in the Chart Flip Book and go through them chart by chart. That is convenient because I don't have to keep switching between tabs. I look at the general trend direction, conspicuous volume spikes and whether the price has already run very far. If a chart catches my eye, I add the name to my watchlist and research the stock separately afterwards.

Do you use the list refreshes as well?

Yes. The website says the lists are re-checked regularly during US trading hours, every five minutes according to the description. That helps my research because I am not working with a static list from the day before. But I don't look at the page minute by minute. Mostly I check the results at the beginning and towards the end of my personal research time.

How important is it to you that the setups are explained?

Very important. I want to know why a stock shows up in a list. The glossary explains the criteria of the different screeners. I find that particularly pleasant on stockmarketscan.com, because the names don't just sound like marketing but are tied to a methodology. That helps me decide whether a screener fits my own approach.

Sounds like a pretty positive experience.

Yes, I find stockmarketscan.com really strong for pre-selection. What I like most is that the screeners are clearly named and I can follow the idea behind them. But I explicitly treat the hits as a research starting point and not as an automatic buy recommendation. The actual decision, the risk and the position size stay entirely with me.

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This interview reflects one user's personal experience. It is not investment advice, and screener results are research data, not recommendations.