US stocks with a pocket pivot today
A pocket pivot is an early buy point from Gil Morales and Chris Kacher, two former portfolio managers at William O'Neil's firm. Instead of waiting for a stock to break out of its base, they buy an up day inside or near the base when its volume tops every down day of the previous ten sessions, a sign that large buyers are stepping in. This list finds those days among US stocks in an uptrend.
No stocks pass this screen as of Nov 9, 2026.
The exact criteria
The pocket pivot is Gil Morales and Chris Kacher's, published in Trade Like an O'Neil Disciple (2010). It is a pattern you see on a chart, so no screen reproduces it exactly: the four 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. Gil Morales and the O'Neil disciples →
- 1.Closed up on the day2,685 pass
- 2.Volume above the heaviest down-day volume of the previous 10 sessions0 pass
- 3.In an uptrend: price above its 50-day moving average, and the 50-day above the 200-day1,010 pass
- 4.Not extended: no more than 5% above its 10-day moving average0 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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What is a pocket pivot?
An up day whose volume is higher than the volume of any down day in the previous ten sessions, in a stock that is in an uptrend and not stretched far above its short-term averages. Morales and Kacher read it as institutions buying quietly before a breakout.
How is it different from a breakout?
A breakout is bought when price clears the top of the base, often after it has already jumped. A pocket pivot can come inside the base or as the stock lifts off its 10-day or 50-day moving average, so the entry is earlier and closer to support, which allows a tighter stop.
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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