Trending Stocks

Trending stocks scans for top trending stocks today trading on NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX. Stocks trending up, making new highs, gaining momentum, or bounce from support are on this list. Follow the below steps on how to find trending stocks.

• Step 1. Top Trending Stocks Today
• Step 2. How to Trade Trending Stocks
• Step 3. How to Find Trending Stocks
• Step 4. Trending Penny Stocks

Trending Stocks Today

The top trending stocks today is an useful list for swing traders who are looking for price actions for short term trading. Trend following is a popular trading strategy and this trending stocks screener will help trend traders find stocks to watch.

The best trending stocks today list is updated daily after market close. Start scanning for trending stocks with our trending stock scanner today.

Symbol	Chart	Open	High	Low	Close	Volume	% Change	Buy or Sell
LSCC		56.10	58.38	55.53	57.92	11078000	13.24%	LSCC Buy or Sell
PPG		169.29	172.67	166.91	167.41	7097600	8.73%	PPG Buy or Sell
AA		34.02	36.03	33.87	35.63	17764500	8.50%	AA Buy or Sell
AXTA		31.19	31.75	30.92	31.64	7984386	4.77%	AXTA Buy or Sell
ALXN		164.05	164.60	163.54	163.68	7296318	3.90%	ALXN Buy or Sell
WFC		42.67	44.13	42.58	43.84	56983700	3.79%	WFC Buy or Sell
USB		56.91	58.46	56.55	57.86	7934100	2.72%	USB Buy or Sell
PFE		37.87	38.70	37.81	38.57	52682200	2.58%	PFE Buy or Sell
DELL		99.73	102.17	99.22	101.42	5643400	2.53%	DELL Buy or Sell
EL		309.77	313.72	306.47	312.29	1769700	2.35%	EL Buy or Sell
CSCO		52.45	53.18	52.26	52.80	28305400	2.25%	CSCO Buy or Sell
GFI		10.07	10.09	9.95	10.07	6074800	1.82%	GFI Buy or Sell
STZ		235.71	239.78	234.49	238.86	1278100	1.82%	STZ Buy or Sell
LOW		206.57	208.98	205.27	208.25	6343500	1.80%	LOW Buy or Sell
SLM		19.11	19.42	19.02	19.27	5026100	1.80%	SLM Buy or Sell
CME		205.23	208.54	205.16	207.58	1271200	1.73%	CME Buy or Sell
GILD		66.02	67.09	65.86	66.87	7676900	1.67%	GILD Buy or Sell
VICI		29.53	30.03	29.41	29.94	8815900	1.66%	VICI Buy or Sell
HD		324.84	328.67	323.94	328.08	6188700	1.65%	HD Buy or Sell
REGN		496.65	506.87	495.86	502.60	1171900	1.61%	REGN Buy or Sell
BMY		64.93	65.64	64.74	65.46	14754600	1.58%	BMY Buy or Sell
ERIC		13.98	14.11	13.90	14.05	7273700	1.52%	ERIC Buy or Sell
JNPR		25.75	26.11	25.73	26.01	5750200	1.52%	JNPR Buy or Sell
AY		38.45	39.19	37.68	39.04	8362636	1.51%	AY Buy or Sell
SBUX		117.82	118.50	116.94	118.34	5899700	1.44%	SBUX Buy or Sell
MO		51.93	52.38	51.73	52.31	16472400	1.36%	MO Buy or Sell
ING		12.56	12.66	12.56	12.63	7004500	1.36%	ING Buy or Sell
TGT		206.00	209.49	205.83	208.55	4480300	1.36%	TGT Buy or Sell
SWK		204.33	206.66	203.76	205.38	1154500	1.32%	SWK Buy or Sell
CHTR		636.91	645.95	631.59	644.37	1043100	1.32%	CHTR Buy or Sell
PEP		143.46	144.32	142.46	144.16	6604600	1.30%	PEP Buy or Sell
ITW		223.00	224.67	222.11	224.03	1222100	1.26%	ITW Buy or Sell
GIS		60.83	61.33	60.53	61.30	9941700	1.24%	GIS Buy or Sell
XLB		82.47	82.87	82.32	82.66	6463730	1.21%	XLB Buy or Sell
BDX		258.99	262.01	257.96	260.94	1903908	1.20%	BDX Buy or Sell
VALE		19.21	19.53	19.01	19.53	27597600	1.19%	VALE Buy or Sell
VGK		66.23	66.67	66.17	66.67	5654748	1.18%	VGK Buy or Sell
EW		88.57	89.13	87.66	89.02	6849900	1.16%	EW Buy or Sell
IEX		219.94	222.31	218.87	220.57	2171500	1.16%	IEX Buy or Sell
JNJ		161.34	162.51	160.56	162.24	9162600	1.15%	JNJ Buy or Sell
GOLD		22.38	22.43	22.02	22.23	22185600	1.14%	GOLD Buy or Sell
GS		340.29	343.74	338.62	342.31	4176200	1.11%	GS Buy or Sell
AON		238.14	240.02	235.80	239.12	1940000	1.11%	AON Buy or Sell
BRK.B		270.52	272.97	270.11	272.11	4688300	1.10%	BRK.B Buy or Sell
MCO		320.41	322.44	318.02	322.00	1930500	1.10%	MCO Buy or Sell
TJX		69.74	70.08	69.31	69.99	5816300	1.08%	TJX Buy or Sell
HPQ		33.94	34.27	33.79	33.98	7270400	1.07%	HPQ Buy or Sell
MRK		77.20	77.75	76.82	77.47	11874600	1.06%	MRK Buy or Sell
CERN		74.35	75.50	74.31	75.31	6595300	1.06%	CERN Buy or Sell
GDXJ		50.41	50.43	49.79	50.32	5160179	1.06%	GDXJ Buy or Sell
BF.B		73.83	74.85	73.26	74.26	5848179	1.05%	BF.B Buy or Sell
SPXL		98.91	99.30	97.78	98.92	5823282	1.04%	SPXL Buy or Sell
PPD		45.89	46.46	45.86	46.27	17015100	1.03%	PPD Buy or Sell
VZ		58.07	58.48	57.80	58.28	19836300	1.01%	VZ Buy or Sell
HON		231.68	232.35	230.05	232.11	4083700	0.99%	HON Buy or Sell
NEM		65.56	65.87	64.90	65.41	6385300	0.97%	NEM Buy or Sell
EWZ		34.50	35.26	34.33	35.06	33630937	0.95%	EWZ Buy or Sell
NEE		80.73	81.41	80.25	80.94	15122200	0.95%	NEE Buy or Sell
ABBV		107.49	108.55	107.14	107.91	8193600	0.95%	ABBV Buy or Sell
RP		87.80	88.62	87.74	88.57	5786500	0.93%	RP Buy or Sell
STX		81.62	82.85	81.33	82.07	5803700	0.91%	STX Buy or Sell
CMI		264.61	266.05	261.57	264.35	1906500	0.91%	CMI Buy or Sell
GDX		36.09	36.12	35.72	36.03	18814580	0.90%	GDX Buy or Sell
INVH		33.21	33.46	33.08	33.34	5963800	0.85%	INVH Buy or Sell
ORCL		78.31	79.34	77.86	78.95	13241000	0.84%	ORCL Buy or Sell
FCX		38.13	38.46	37.44	38.14	18870200	0.82%	FCX Buy or Sell
XLU		66.92	67.47	66.78	67.21	11183835	0.81%	XLU Buy or Sell
SO		65.00	65.26	64.57	65.01	5305400	0.81%	SO Buy or Sell
SPGI		378.13	378.32	374.17	378.07	2062200	0.80%	SPGI Buy or Sell
MCD		233.65	234.26	232.31	233.08	2677200	0.78%	MCD Buy or Sell
IBM		133.00	134.10	132.95	133.59	5275300	0.76%	IBM Buy or Sell
XLV		121.20	121.61	120.78	121.48	7447282	0.75%	XLV Buy or Sell
EFA		79.02	79.31	78.89	79.29	16116161	0.72%	EFA Buy or Sell
IEFA		75.19	75.47	75.06	75.45	7080904	0.72%	IEFA Buy or Sell
HPE		15.98	16.08	15.90	15.95	9283700	0.69%	HPE Buy or Sell
LIN		288.84	290.64	288.52	289.96	1180600	0.69%	LIN Buy or Sell
STE		207.94	208.65	205.69	208.14	1025000	0.69%	STE Buy or Sell
NUAN		53.00	53.51	52.92	53.34	18108200	0.68%	NUAN Buy or Sell
T		29.89	30.03	29.84	29.95	30532800	0.67%	T Buy or Sell
CARR		43.88	44.28	43.44	43.88	5572900	0.67%	CARR Buy or Sell
IQV		216.00	216.91	214.81	215.56	1413900	0.67%	IQV Buy or Sell
KO		53.74	53.80	53.38	53.68	18204000	0.66%	KO Buy or Sell
ACN		285.16	287.46	285.01	286.96	2625400	0.63%	ACN Buy or Sell
GLD		166.24	166.81	165.94	166.35	9420918	0.60%	GLD Buy or Sell
AMZN		3380.00	3406.80	3355.59	3399.44	3170344	0.60%	AMZN Buy or Sell
XEL		70.28	70.92	69.82	70.37	12011000	0.59%	XEL Buy or Sell
VEA		51.23	51.39	51.14	51.37	9082526	0.59%	VEA Buy or Sell
AMT		248.39	250.02	245.70	248.62	1751800	0.59%	AMT Buy or Sell
XLP		69.70	69.95	69.43	69.81	7657711	0.58%	XLP Buy or Sell
IAU		16.90	16.97	16.88	16.91	28169194	0.54%	IAU Buy or Sell
NOC		346.58	347.82	343.67	346.43	1865500	0.53%	NOC Buy or Sell
PPL		29.10	29.30	28.96	29.14	7464600	0.52%	PPL Buy or Sell
COST		369.70	372.80	368.58	370.72	2339700	0.52%	COST Buy or Sell
BLL		91.14	91.32	90.11	91.01	5454800	0.51%	BLL Buy or Sell
AMCR		11.99	12.07	11.88	11.95	6642500	0.50%	AMCR Buy or Sell
MSFT		259.47	261.00	257.60	260.74	25356300	0.48%	MSFT Buy or Sell
DG		216.35	218.77	214.75	216.74	2301100	0.46%	DG Buy or Sell
TQQQ		111.91	111.99	109.90	111.81	30731500	0.42%	TQQQ Buy or Sell
DIA		341.73	342.43	340.98	341.86	3736529	0.42%	DIA Buy or Sell
AES		28.78	28.85	28.51	28.63	5055100	0.35%	AES Buy or Sell
VOO		383.56	384.15	382.19	383.63	3248305	0.35%	VOO Buy or Sell
IVV		418.82	419.48	417.33	418.89	2701250	0.35%	IVV Buy or Sell
ADBE		524.21	525.44	518.55	525.08	2031500	0.35%	ADBE Buy or Sell
SPY		417.25	417.91	415.73	417.26	81353669	0.33%	SPY Buy or Sell
ABT		124.39	124.61	122.95	124.35	6242000	0.33%	ABT Buy or Sell
WMT		140.89	140.96	139.71	140.61	8801300	0.32%	WMT Buy or Sell
RTX		78.59	78.59	77.05	78.22	7576800	0.32%	RTX Buy or Sell
HUM		435.73	436.99	431.94	435.28	1940900	0.31%	HUM Buy or Sell
CL		80.88	80.96	80.30	80.70	8134800	0.30%	CL Buy or Sell
LMT		392.82	394.34	389.80	391.81	1499200	0.30%	LMT Buy or Sell
UNH		393.92	393.92	385.46	391.01	4518700	0.26%	UNH Buy or Sell
VTI		217.46	217.47	216.32	217.15	4304651	0.25%	VTI Buy or Sell
DE		386.06	386.06	380.82	383.07	1091900	0.24%	DE Buy or Sell
AMGN		256.44	258.82	254.67	255.71	2731334	0.23%	AMGN Buy or Sell
FTNT		207.20	209.39	204.92	206.01	1390900	0.23%	FTNT Buy or Sell
XLI		101.52	101.80	100.70	101.14	10209304	0.22%	XLI Buy or Sell
DHR		243.60	243.88	241.52	243.06	1836600	0.19%	DHR Buy or Sell
IWM		225.40	225.68	223.01	224.65	23138278	0.16%	IWM Buy or Sell
GSK		37.81	37.90	37.62	37.75	7972400	0.16%	GSK Buy or Sell
ALLY		47.64	49.49	46.88	47.71	6362900	0.15%	ALLY Buy or Sell
CVS		76.15	76.20	75.56	75.88	8488800	0.13%	CVS Buy or Sell
QQQ		342.15	342.23	340.08	342.01	40058000	0.12%	QQQ Buy or Sell
BSX		41.14	41.18	40.59	40.91	7525100	0.12%	BSX Buy or Sell
IWF		261.80	261.80	260.04	261.41	1658002	0.12%	IWF Buy or Sell
APD		289.46	289.76	286.23	287.48	1013500	0.11%	APD Buy or Sell
MDLZ		58.81	58.90	58.43	58.77	8851900	0.10%	MDLZ Buy or Sell
V		227.17	227.80	225.76	226.41	6742200	0.06%	V Buy or Sell
GOOG		2303.00	2306.44	2284.45	2297.76	1151200	0.05%	GOOG Buy or Sell
CNP		24.21	24.30	23.86	24.06	7555400	0.04%	CNP Buy or Sell
EWH		27.20	27.27	27.14	27.21	6777941	0.04%	EWH Buy or Sell
ENB		37.50	37.50	37.07	37.32	5004000	0.03%	ENB Buy or Sell
PG		137.61	137.90	136.88	137.25	7752900	0.01%	PG Buy or Sell
VGSH		61.51	61.52	61.50	61.52	6160900	-0.02%	VGSH Buy or Sell
GOVT		26.35	26.40	26.35	26.37	11809373	-0.23%	GOVT Buy or Sell
IEF		114.26	114.47	114.23	114.29	7334900	-0.27%	IEF Buy or Sell

How to Trade Trading Stocks

Trade with the trend is a powerful strategy to capture gains and make money in the stock market. Traders enter long positions when they spot stocks that are trending upwards, and exit the position when the trend is broken.

Traders use trend lines to determine whether or not a stock is in an uptrend.

What is an Uptrend
Following figure shows how an uptrend looks like. To form an uptrend, the following conditions must be met.

1. Each time a stock rally must reach a higher point than the preceding high.
2. Each time the stock decline must reach a higher point than the preceding low.
3. It is called higher highs and higher lows.

Traders use trend lines to determine when is a good time to get on a trade. On an uptrend, a trend line is drawn by connecting two or more nearby bottoms or higher lows. A trend that connects more dots is considered stronger than a trend that connects only two dots. The longer the trend, the better it is because the trend would be considered a proven trend.

Trend Following Strategy

Trend following strategy is a powerful strategy that many traders use to trade stocks. One strategy to trade trending stocks is to use multiple time frames and to trade only the stocks with an uptrend in the longer time frame.

For example, if you are swing trader, you will most likely use daily charts. To use the multiple time frame, you would want to check if the stock is in an uptrend on a weekly chart.

For day traders who use intraday charts to find entries, you would use a daily chart to ensure the stock is in an uptrend.

Swing Trade
Let's take a look at a real stock example for swing trading. We will be only trading stocks that are in a longer term uptrend. The weekly chart for AMD is in an uptrend connecting four higher lows which meets our condition of an uptrend.

We will then use the daily chart to find an optimal point for entry, preferably nearing the trend line of the weekly chart with a price point around $45 per share.

Stock to Watch
Let's study the chart of the Microsoft stock. The stock has risen nicely for the past few years and it has shown up on our stocks to watch list constantly. The weekly chart for MSFT is pointing upward so the long term trend looks promising.

However, the stock is near its resistance and it may pull back temporary, so a better buy entry might be to get in when the stock drops to its trend line or after it break its all time all to ride the momentum.

At this point, the best course of action for short term traders is to watch this stock and not take any action. We do not want to chase a stock even though the stock is still trending up, we want to buy and sell at optimal points when our risk and reward ratio is good.

Day Trade
If we were to day trade a stock, we want to check if the daily chart of the stock is in an uptrend. For example, the SHOP is a stock we would day trade with because the it's daily chart shows a long term uptrend. By limiting ourselves with only the stocks that are in an uptrend, we increase our odds of picking a winner than a loser.

Profit Taken
There are a few strategies for profit taking. One is to ride the trend, so we will stay in the trend as long as the stock is still within the trend line on the longer term chart. Another strategy would be to set a percentage target, as soon as you hit your price target, you would sell the stock and move on to the next trade. A third strategy is to sell half of your positions to lock in a profit and then let the other half to ride the trend.

Stop Loss
We should always use a stop loss to protect us in case the trade doesn't work out the way we wanted it to. Since we want to always place our trades near the trend line, we need to set our stop loss a few percentage point below the trend line.

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How to Find Trending Stocks

There are many ways that you can find trending stocks, one of the best ways is to use a trending stocks screener which is exactly what's showing above. You get a list of trending stocks, and the list is updated each and every market day. You can also find trending stocks through the following screeners.

Uptrend Stocks - the uptrend stocks shows a list of stocks that are in an uptrend.

52 Week High Stocks - is a list of stocks that are trading at their 52 week highs.

best tech stocks - is a list of recent top performing tech stocks. If you trade tech stocks, this is where you will go to find tech stocks that are making explosive moves.

best performing stocks - shows a list of the top performing stocks for the year.

Overbought stocks - The RSI indicator is showing these stocks as overbought. Keep in mind, some strong stocks may be in the overbought zone for a very long time.

Swing Trading Screener - find trending stocks with any custom technical indicator or chart pattern that you prefer.

What is a Downtrend
Downtrend is exact the opposite of an uptrend. Many traders use downtrend to short a stock, and some traders use downtrend to pick up bargains.
Following figure shows how a downtrend looks like. To form a downtrend, the following conditions must be met.

1. Each time a stock declines to a low point, it must be lower than the preceding low.
2. Each time it rallies must stops at a lower level than the preceding rally.
3. It is called lower lows and lower highs

On a downtrend, a trend line is drawn by connecting two or more nearby tops or lower highs as shown below. The longer the down trend, the stronger it is the trend.

To short a stock using the trend trading strategy is to go short whenever the stock rallies to the lower high or when it touches the trend line. We also need to have a stop loss to cover our position in case the trade goes against us and goes above the trend line.

Following is a few possible ways to find stocks in a downtrend.
52 Week Low Stocks - find stocks that are trading at a new 52 week low.

oversold stocks - stocks that are oversold based on the RSI technical indicator.

Trending Penny Stocks

This list does not include penny stocks. For those who are interested in trending penny stocks, check out the penny stock scanner.