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Long-Only Risk/Reward

Overview​

The Long-Only Risk/Reward profile is built for exploring long setups independently of MarketAlpha's AI-selected Alpha Strategy. Instead of following the platform's current directional preference, it surfaces long-side structural opportunities wherever they exist.

This makes the profile useful when you want broader flexibility - whether you are building your own long model, scanning for clean upside asymmetry, or looking for additional long ideas that sit outside the AI's preferred market bias.

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This profile updates in real time and applies no fixed filters, so you can explore the full universe of long-side structural setups across all market sessions. To view the same long logic on charts, select Long Strategy in chart settings.

Strategy Focus​

  • Find long setups with favorable risk/reward even when AI bias is neutral or short
  • Prioritize stocks with a clean path to target and fewer barriers overhead
  • Build discretionary long plans using structural metrics rather than AI direction alone
  • Rank opportunities by upside efficiency, liquidity, momentum, or group strength
  • Combine long-side setup data with your own technical, fundamental, or watchlist logic
  • Use the profile as a flexible research layer when long ideas are present but not selected by the AI engine

Filters Applied​

None.

This profile is intentionally left unfiltered so you can shape it around your own process. Use columns, filters, and sorting logic to define what qualifies as a long setup for your workflow.

Metrics Used​

Long Strategy Structure​

  • Long - Risk/Reward: Measures expected upside versus downside risk using MarketAlpha's long-side structure. Higher values signal more favorable setup efficiency, while + means there is no identified resistance between price and the target.
  • Long - Path to Target: Counts the resistance zones between the current price and the projected target. Lower values usually indicate a cleaner move with fewer barriers overhead.

Group Strength and Market Context​

  • Industry Rating 1 Day, Theme Rating 1 Day: Help identify whether the stock is benefiting from current group participation.
  • Relative Strength 1 Day: Adds short-term performance context and helps confirm immediate upside leadership.
  • Industry Rating 1 Year, Theme Rating 1 Year: Show whether the stock belongs to a stronger or weaker long-term group environment.
  • Relative Strength 1 Year: Adds broader trend context and helps separate stronger long candidates from weaker ones.

Price Action and Setup Confirmation​

  • Change Pre Market (%): Helps identify overnight movement that may support or shape the setup before the open.
  • Change From Close (%): Measures current session momentum relative to the prior close.
  • RSI Divergence 14 Days: Helps surface bullish divergence conditions that may support reversal or early recovery setups.
  • Universal Pattern Detection: Adds directional pattern context when bullish structures are present.
  • Tight Range: Helps identify compression that may resolve into an upside move.

Volume and Liquidity​

  • Volume All Hours: Confirms whether the stock is actively trading across all sessions.
  • Relative Volume: Flags unusual participation that may support continuation or trigger interest.
  • Dollar Volume Rank: Keeps liquid, high-visibility names near the top of the results.

Fundamentals and Timing​

  • MarketAlpha Rating: Combines technical and fundamental strength into a single overall rating.
  • EPS Rating, Sales Rating, Profit Rating: Help identify long candidates with stronger business performance behind the setup.
  • Accumulation/Distribution Score: Tracks institutional buying or selling pressure over time.
  • 52 Week High (%): Helps gauge breakout potential and distance to a major longer-term level.
  • Next Earnings In Days: Adds event-risk context when a setup is approaching earnings.

Default Sorting Logic​

Results are sorted by Dollar Volume Rank (ascending) so the most liquid and actively traded long-side opportunities appear first.

Practical Use Cases​

  • Explore long setups outside AI-selected signals
  • Rank stocks by Long - Risk/Reward and Long - Path to Target to find cleaner upside structures
  • Build custom long watchlists using your own filters and confirmation logic
  • Combine long setup metrics with group strength, relative strength, and volume
  • Review candidates in Multi-Charts to compare structure, liquidity, and momentum side by side
  • Expand your long opportunity set when AI-selected long signals are limited, late, or absent