There are several different groups of stocks that you can set as filters for your scan, including indexes, sectors and industries or even your own ChartLists. For more information on writing scans using these and other scan clauses, please see our Support Center article on Writing Scans.
Users can scan for stocks in several different indexes, found in the Indexes and ETFs dropdown menu in the Advanced Scan Workbench. From this menu, you can also choose to limit your scan results to various different types of ETFs.
Whether or not the security is a member of the given index or other group. Select and insert the group from the Scan Builder. This will insert the correct group code into your scan for you.
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Tip: To learn what stocks are in an index, run a scan that only has the group clause in it. For example, to find out which 100 stocks are in the S&P 100, run the following scan:
Users can scan for stocks in a specific US or Canadian sector or industry, found in the Sectors and Industries dropdown menu in the Advanced Scan Workbench.
Whether or not the security is a member of the given sector or industry. Choose the correct country (currently US or Canada) below the dropdown menu in the Scan Builder. Then, select and insert the sector or industry from the dropdown menu. This will insert the correct group code will be inserted into your scan for you.
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Tip: To learn what symbols are in a sector or industry, run a scan that just has the group clause in it. For example, to find out which stocks are in the biotechnology industry, run the following scan:
Users can scan for securities that are included in one of their ChartLists (either SharpCharts or StockChartsACP lists), found in the ChartLists dropdown menu in the Advanced Scan Workbench.
Warning: Scanning a ChartList will only return symbols on the ChartList that are actually in the scan engine. Some symbols are not available in the scan engine, so they will not be returned as scan results even if they are in the ChartList being scanned.
For more tips on scanning ChartLists, check out our Scanning Your ChartLists article in the Support Center.
Whether or not the security is a member of your specified SharpCharts ChartList. Select and insert the ChartList from the dropdown menu in the Scan Builder. This will insert the correct group code into your scan for you. Note that, while the group code will just be a number, a comment with the ChartList's name will be inserted right after the clause.
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Whether or not the security is a member of your specified StockChartsACP ChartList. Select and insert the ACP ChartList from the dropdown menu in the Scan Builder. This will insert the correct group code into your scan for you. Note that, while the group code will just be a number, a comment with the ACP ChartList's name will be inserted right after the clause.
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