Top leading gainers right now

Screening Filters

1. Market Cap ≥ $1,000,000,000

   • Purpose: Focus on larger, more established companies among the biggest gainers.
   • Rationale:
     • “Top leading gainers” usually implies stocks that are both moving a lot and are meaningful in size, not tiny microcaps that can jump on very little trading.
     • A $1B+ market cap helps filter out very small, highly speculative names, increasing the chance you’re seeing moves in companies that institutional investors follow.

2. Price between $5 and $1,000

   • Purpose: Exclude ultra-low-priced penny stocks and extremely high-priced outliers.
   • Rationale:
     • Stocks under $5 are often considered penny stocks and can be very volatile, manipulated, or illiquid; many users looking for “top gainers” want more mainstream names.
     • A $1,000 upper cap removes a few ultra-expensive shares that can distort lists without adding much practical opportunity for most traders.
     • This range keeps you in a “tradable” price zone for most retail and professional traders.

3. Volume ≥ 2,000,000 shares (today)

   • Purpose: Ensure the gainers are actively traded and liquid.
   • Rationale:
     • “Leading” gainers should have strong participation from the market, not just move on a few thin trades.
     • A 2M+ daily volume threshold helps eliminate illiquid names where price swings can be misleading or hard to trade in and out of without big slippage.

4. Price Change % ≥ 12% (today)

   • Purpose: Capture stocks that are making genuinely large moves today.
   • Rationale:
     • For “top gainers,” a high minimum daily percentage move is essential.
     • A 12%+ move in a $1B+ company with real volume is significant and suggests strong news, sentiment, or momentum.
     • This filter directly targets the user’s key criterion: the biggest percentage winners “right now.”

5. Region: United States

   • Purpose: Limit results to U.S.-listed companies.
   • Rationale:
     • The user explicitly asked for “the US stock market,” so non-U.S. markets (Europe, Asia, etc.) are excluded.
     • This aligns results with U.S. trading hours, U.S. regulations, and the main exchanges the user is likely watching.

6. Exchanges: XNYS, XNAS, XASE (NYSE, NASDAQ, NYSE American)

   • Purpose: Focus on the primary U.S. stock exchanges.
   • Rationale:
     • These are the main U.S. exchanges where most well-followed, higher-quality stocks trade.
     • Excluding OTC and pink-sheet markets removes many highly speculative, low-disclosure, or illiquid names that can show extreme moves but are not typically what people mean by “top gainers” in the U.S. market.

Why Results Match the User’s Request

• The price_change_pct ≥ 12% filter directly targets the “leading gainers” by focusing on strong positive moves today.
• The U.S. region and major exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, NYSE American) tie results specifically to the U.S. stock market.
• The market cap, price, and volume filters refine the list to significant, liquid, tradable companies, so you see meaningful leaders rather than obscure microcaps or illiquid spikes.

Together, these filters produce a focused list of actively traded U.S. stocks that are among the strongest performers in the market right now.