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US stocks forming a high tight flag

The high tight flag is the rarest and most explosive base William O'Neil described: a stock that roughly doubles in four to eight weeks, then rests for a few weeks in a narrow range, giving back no more than about a quarter of the gain. Qullamaggie and Mark Minervini trade the same shape. This list finds US stocks that have the pole and are now in the flag.

No stocks pass this screen as of Nov 9, 2026.

The exact criteria

The high tight flag is William O'Neil's, published in How to Make Money in Stocks (1988). It is a pattern you see on a chart, so no screen reproduces it exactly: the three checks below are its measurable parts, as we read them. Treat them as a shortlist to open charts from, not the pattern itself. It runs on US stocks priced at $5 or more and trading at least $1 million a day on average. William O'Neil and CAN SLIM →

1.Rose 90% or more within 40 sessions (about eight weeks) to a high set in the last 25 sessions0 pass
2.The high was at least 3 sessions ago, so it is resting rather than still running0 pass
3.Now within 25% of that high: the flag0 pass

Each count is that rule applied on its own to the same set of stocks, so you can see which one is doing the work. The list below is the names that pass all of them.

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Nothing passes this screen today. That is information too: these filters are strict by design, and an empty list usually means the market is not offering this setup right now.

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Questions

What is a high tight flag?

A stock that rises around 100% in four to eight weeks (the pole), then moves sideways or drifts down in a tight range for three to five weeks (the flag), correcting no more than 10% to 25%. The buy point is a breakout above the top of the flag on heavy volume.

Why are there so few?

Very few stocks double in two months, and fewer still hold most of the gain afterwards. That rarity is why O'Neil thought so highly of the pattern. On many nights this list is short or empty, which is normal.

When does the list update?

After every US close. The nightly run starts at around 5:30 pm ET.

End-of-day data for common stocks and ADRs on the NYSE, Nasdaq and NYSE American, computed after each US close and dated to the trading session.

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