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Momentum bursts: US stocks breaking out 4% today

Pradeep Bonde (Stockbee) trades momentum bursts: short, sharp moves that typically run for three to five days and often start with one strong day. His scan for that day is simple: up 4% or more, on more volume than the day before. This list runs it on US stocks after every close, with his rule that the stock should not already have been up three days in a row.

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

The exact criteria

The 4% breakout scan is Stockbee's, published in his blog, stockbee.blogspot.com. We did not invent it and we do not modify it. The four points below are his, applied to US stocks. It runs on US stocks priced at $5 or more and trading at least $1 million a day on average.

1.Up 4% or more on the day1,020 pass
2.Volume above the previous day's0 pass
3.At least 100,000 shares traded0 pass
4.Not up three days in a row before the move0 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 momentum burst?

A short, sharp move that typically lasts three to five days. Bonde's view is that most stocks move in bursts like this rather than in steady trends, and that a burst often starts with a 4% gain on rising volume, the day this scan finds.

Why leave out stocks up three days in a row?

A stock already up three days running is often late in its burst rather than at the start of one. Bonde also prefers that the day before the breakout was quiet, a narrow range or a small down day, and that the breakout day closed near its high. Those are worth checking on the chart.

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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Stage2Stocks is not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer. Everything here is for information and education, not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Data is end of day for US stocks on the NYSE, Nasdaq and NYSE American, recalculated after each close.