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Setups - Group Losers Today

Overview​

The Setups - Group Losers Today profile highlights short setups in stocks that belong to the weakest industries or themes of the current session. It narrows the list to names where individual setup quality and group weakness are working in the same direction.

Every result must also pass liquidity, volatility, and strategy-quality filters, so the profile stays focused on stronger downside continuation candidates rather than every stock inside a weak group.

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This profile updates in real time and applies filters automatically to surface short setups within today's weakest industry or theme groups. It can be used across all market sessions.

Strategy Focus​

  • Surface short setups inside today's weakest groups rather than reviewing weak stocks one by one
  • Focus on names with favorable risk/reward and fewer barriers on the way to the projected downside target
  • Prioritize liquid, volatile stocks that can follow through when group weakness stays in force
  • Combine individual setup quality with industry or theme weakness to strengthen conviction
  • Reduce noise by filtering for short-biased setups instead of every stock in a weak group
  • Build watchlists around group-backed downside continuation setups with real-time weakness behind them

Filters Applied​

This profile applies multiple layers of filters to keep the results focused on short setups supported by real-time group weakness:

  • Liquidity Rating > 70, ATRP 14D ≥ 0.5, Volatility (Month) ≥ 1: Ensures the stock is active enough to support clean entries and follow-through.
  • Volume All Hours ≥ 50K OR Relative Volume ≥ 2: Requires either meaningful total activity or unusually strong activity relative to normal levels.
  • AI - Alpha Strategy = Short: Requires MarketAlpha to detect a short-biased setup.
  • AI - Risk/Reward ≥ 2, AI - Path to Target ≤ 1: Keeps only setups with strong downside potential relative to risk and few barriers between price and target.
  • Industry Rating 1 Day ≤ 10 OR Theme Rating 1 Day ≤ 10: Requires the stock to belong to one of today's weakest groups.

These combined filters keep the profile centered on short setups backed by both individual setup quality and real-time group weakness.

Metrics Used​

Strategy Metrics​

  • AI - Alpha Strategy: Shows whether MarketAlpha currently identifies the setup as short-biased.
  • AI - Risk/Reward: Measures the projected downside relative to the stop.
  • AI - Path to Target: Counts how many important barriers remain between price and the projected downside target.

Group Weakness and Price Context​

  • Industry Rating 1 Day, Theme Rating 1 Day: Core group-strength metrics used to confirm that the stock belongs to one of today's weakest groups.
  • Change Pre Market (%): Adds context around early price behavior before the regular session.
  • Change From Close (%): Helps show whether the stock is still participating in the current session's weakness.
  • RSI Divergence 14 Days: Adds reversal or continuation context where relevant.
  • Universal Pattern Detection: Adds bearish pattern confirmation.
  • Tight Range: Helps identify setups where compression may lead to further downside expansion.

Volume and Liquidity​

  • Volume All Hours: Confirms participation across all sessions.
  • Relative Volume: Helps show whether the move is supported by stronger-than-normal activity.
  • Dollar Volume Rank: Keeps the most liquid and actively traded names near the top.

Broader Relative Strength Context​

  • Industry Rating 1 Year, Theme Rating 1 Year: Add longer-term group context behind the setup.
  • Relative Strength 1 Day, Relative Strength 1 Year: Help compare short-term action with the broader trend.

Fundamentals and Timing​

  • MarketAlpha Rating: Composite view of overall technical and fundamental quality.
  • EPS Rating, Sales Rating, Profit Rating: Help show whether weaker business performance also supports the setup.
  • Accumulation/Distribution Score: Tracks institutional flow and can reinforce downside pressure.
  • 52 Week High (%): Shows how far the stock is from its yearly high, helping frame downside room.
  • Next Earnings In Days: Adds timing context around possible catalyst risk.

Default Sorting Logic​

Results are sorted by Dollar Volume Rank (ascending) to keep the most liquid and active group-backed short setups at the top.

Practical Use Cases​

  • Find short setups inside today's weakest industries or themes
  • Focus on group-backed names with cleaner downside structure and stronger reward-to-risk
  • Monitor continuation candidates where both the stock and its group are weak together
  • Build watchlists of liquid laggards instead of scanning every weak sector manually
  • Strengthen short-side review with group weakness, volume confirmation, and strategy metrics
  • Use Multi-Charts to validate price structure, participation, and alignment across weak groups