July 21, 2026
One Month of Hot Prospects: Four Names Reviewed
A one-month data review of the Hot Prospects screener: how ETSY, CRWD and SNOW performed after appearing on the list, and what ANET teaches about patience.
The Hot Prospects screener is our momentum list: stocks in institutional-grade liquidity showing strong relative strength across multiple timeframes. It is also the screener people are most skeptical about, because momentum lists have a reputation for flagging tops. So we went back one month and checked. On June 15 the list carried, among others, Etsy (ETSY), CrowdStrike (CRWD) and Arista Networks (ANET); Snowflake (SNOW) joined on June 28. Here is what the closing prices did through July 20.
The scoreboard after one month
| Symbol | First on list | Close at listing | Close Jul 20 | Change | Best close in between |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETSY | Jun 15 | $72.19 | $84.03 | +16.4% | $85.74 (+18.8%) |
| CRWD | Jun 15 | see note | see note | +14.6% | +21.6% (Jul 14) |
| SNOW | Jun 28 | $251.65 | $274.34 | +9.0% | $275.94 (+9.7%) |
| ANET | Jun 15 | $169.09 | $169.35 | +0.2% | $186.96 (+10.6%) |
CrowdStrike is shown in percentage terms only because of a share-count change in the review window; the relative move is what matters. At listing, the screener showed CRWD with a weighted alpha of +65 and a one-month gain of 16.6%, which is exactly the profile the list is built to find: strength that was already in motion.
Etsy: the repeat visitor
Etsy is the most persistent name in this cohort. Between June 11 and July 19 it appeared on the Hot Prospects list on more than a dozen list dates. At its first June listing the screener showed a one-month gain of 24.3% and a 20-day relative strength of 66, and the stock kept doing what those numbers described: it closed at $72.19 on June 15 and reached $84.03 by July 20, with a closing peak of $85.74 on July 15. Its worst close in the window was $72.19, the entry itself. A momentum list that keeps re-listing the same name is telling you the underlying condition has not degraded.
Snowflake: joining with a caveat in the data
Snowflake's June 28 listing is a useful reminder to read the whole row. The screener showed a blistering one-month gain of 40.2% but a weighted alpha of -6.5, meaning the twelve-month picture was still negative. The month since delivered +9.0% to $274.34. The data said: strong recent momentum inside a longer recovery, and that is what the follow-through looked like.
Arista: the honest entry in the table
Not every listing runs. Arista appeared on June 15 at $169.09, rallied 10.6% to $186.96 by July 10, then gave the entire move back and closed at $169.35 on July 20, flat against its listing close. Two things are worth noting honestly. First, an intermediate 10% gain that round-trips is a normal outcome for a momentum name; the list measures present strength, not future strength. Second, the screener data itself cooled: ANET dropped off the list in late June and only reappeared in early July. The list departure was visible information, not hindsight.
What one month of data says about the list
Three of the four names were higher a month later, by 9% to 16%, and the fourth was flat after a full round trip. The dispersion is the point: a screener is a candidate generator, and candidates behave like a distribution, not like a promise. What the Hot Prospects data adds is timing context you can verify: repeat listings (ETSY), rich momentum with a weak yearly backdrop (SNOW), and quiet list departures (ANET) are all visible in the daily screener history on the platform.
Related Resources
- Hot Prospects Screener for today's list.
- How Hot Prospects works for the methodology.
- Strong Volume Gains Screener for the volume-driven complement.
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.