Coiling stocks screener

Find stocks coiling for a breakout: higher lows tightening into a descending resistance line, still holding their uptrend, primed just below the level that would set them off.

What a coil is

A coil is a contraction in range. The stock keeps making higher lows while a flat or descending resistance line caps the highs, so the swings get smaller and the price winds tighter, like a spring. That squeeze usually resolves in a sharp move, because sellers and buyers are getting closer to a decision.

What the screener shows

• Rising swing-pivot lows. A real sequence of higher lows off actual pivot points, not a line fit through noise.
• A resistance ceiling. A descending or flat line the recent highs keep bumping into, so the range is genuinely narrowing.
• Primed, not extended. Price sits a few percent below the range high, so there is room to break out rather than already having gone.
• Trend intact. The name is above its 50-day and 200-day averages, so it is an uptrend coiling, not a downtrend rolling over.

How it works

Every night the pipeline scans the whole universe for this structure from stored price history: it locates swing pivots, checks the last lows are rising, fits the resistance line the highs are pressing against, and confirms the trend and the distance to the breakout level. Names that pass get a COIL tag in the Signals view, with the resistance level to watch.

How to use it

Treat the list as a set of primed names and wait for the break. The best coils pair a tight, clean base with strong relative strength and a sector that is working. Learn the pattern in depth in what are coiling stocks.

FAQ

What is a coiling stock?

One making higher lows into a flat or descending resistance line, so the range tightens and energy builds for a breakout. See the full explainer.

How does the screener find them?

Rising swing-pivot lows capped by a descending resistance line, price still a few percent below the range high, above the 50 and 200-day averages.

Is a coil a guaranteed breakout?

No. It marks a stock primed to move, but it can break either way or fail. Confirm with a break above resistance on volume.