A Special Gift: My Top 10 Favorite TradeSmith Screeners For You
I sincerely hope you had a happy holiday, and here’s looking forward to a prosperous new year!
To kick off 2025 on a high note, I want to start the year with a “package deal,” so to speak: a list of my Top 10 personal favorite TradeSmith screeners.
This collection includes a few previous Insider columns that really connected with folks and that I believe will be critical to rely on this year. It’s a great reminder of just how much AI-powered research and analysis our TradeSmith tools can help you reach your financial goals.
With this list in hand, you’ll be prepared to take full advantage of these screens to easily uncover a multitude of new investment ideas in 2025 and beyond.
But before we dive in, please note that some of these linked articles may be (quite a bit!) dated, but the screener information and instructions are ready to use. In addition, some of these columns are in PDF form (I’ll let you know where the instructions begin), so just make sure you’re logged into TradeSmith Finance to access them.
Let’s go!
My Top 10 List of TradeSmith Screeners
No. 10: Screening for Winners – TradeSmith’s “Quick Start Guide” to Finding the Market’s Best Stocks
Let’s start with the essentials: what exactly is a stock screener? Here’s why you should use one and how TradeSmith’s tools help you screen faster. I recommend reading the whole article if you’re new here, but if you want to get right to the good stuff, head to page 4.
No. 9: How to Profit No Matter What the Federal Reserve Does Next
The Federal Reserve keeps throwing curve balls at financial markets. Just before the holiday break, the Fed pulled the rug out from under rate cut expectations. Who knows what Powell & Co. will actually do next – but I have a screener setup that will position you regardless of what the Fed does in 2025. As with the other articles in this list, this article will contain some old information – but the screener, whose instructions begin on page 4, will always remain true.
And as a bonus, I have a screener that includes Business Quality Score and Seasonality indicators that will position you regardless of what the Fed does in 2025, which you can access here. (And for more on seasonality, read on – there’s a special event airing next week that will cover a ton of crucial patterns coming to play in 2025 – and beyond.)
No. 8: Here’s How to Identify Growth Stocks at a Reasonable Price
Everybody loves growth, but you don’t want to pay too much for it. Here’s a screen to ensure your stocks have strong profit growth, but aren’t already too expensive. Instructions for the screener kick off at the bottom of page 3.
No. 7: Find the Top Stocks from Healthy Sectors – And Send Uncertainty Packing
Combine the power of an Ideas by TradeSmith strategy with my favorite tools to identify the top stocks in only the healthiest sectors of the market. Like other articles on this list, the publication date is a bit old. However, the Health screener (instructions start on page 4) is like an evergreen tree; it remains “green” all year round – forever!
No. 6: How Our Options360 Covered-Call Strategy Can Put Income in Your Pocket
Folks who’ve been following my work for a long time know that covered calls are among my absolute favorite moneymaking strategies. This TradeSmith tool makes it easy to find the best covered calls, and you can get started halfway through page 3 of this article.
No. 5: Wall Street Insiders Are Selling – Here’s How to Spot the Buyers!
With stocks notching multiple new highs in 2024, many insiders are selling. But this screen shows you how to spot the insiders that are buying.
No. 4: Welcome to “The Great Earnings Reset” – The Next Big Catalyst for Higher Stock Prices
What do you call healthy stocks with bullish timing patterns and upside price momentum? I call them “Bullish Triple Conviction,” and I’ll show you how to set up a screen to find them. While the article itself is quite dated, the screener walkthrough begins on page 5 and will be useful for years to come.
No. 3: Buyer Beware: How to Avoid the “Value Trap” Stocks That Can Kill Your Portfolio
Looks can be deceiving, and value isn’t always the bargain it seems. Use this unique screener to weed out “value trap” stocks that could actually punch a big hole in your portfolio. Head to page 3 to get started.
No. 2: Kinetic Stocks Can Deliver Big Gains in January and Beyond.
Here’s another timely Ideas by TradeSmith strategy – with a 5-to-1 reward-to-risk ratio – that can set you up for the seasonal success that arrives a few days from now. The fun starts at the very bottom of page 2.
No. 1: One Simple TradeSmith Graph Gives You a High-Probability Edge
Here’s another look at one of my most popular columns last year, using a simple TradeSmith graphic to earn consistent income.
Bonus: My Triple-A Screen Combines Our Most Powerful Moneymaking Tools
This is one of my most powerful screens – combining the Business Quality Score, Trade Cycles, and Predictive Alpha – and it resonated with many of you, too.
Mike Burnick’s Bottom Line: Make sure to bookmark this article so you can easily refer back to these powerful screeners whenever you need to screen for potentially profitable investment and trading ideas in 2025 and beyond.
Happy New Year!
Good investing,
Mike Burnick
Senior Analyst, TradeSmith
P.S. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are ready for a prosperous new year. With this collection of powerful tools designed to uncover the best investment opportunities, you can ready yourself for whatever comes this year – and beyond.
These screeners offer unique insights and customizable strategies to help you navigate the markets – from high-quality defensive stocks to seasonal trading opportunities, you can easily refer back to this list and take full advantage of TradeSmith’s tools to find potential winners no matter what kind of market we’re in.
But while the list may come to an end, the moneymaking strategies certainly won’t…
In fact, there’s a groundbreaking new tool about to join the TradeSmith suite: one that pinpoints seasonally bullish periods with remarkable accuracy, allowing you to align your investments with the market’s natural rhythms – down to the very day of when you should buy and when you should sell.
With an impressive 857% back-tested return over 18 years, this strategy is truly a game-changer – and TradeSmith CEO Keith Kaplan says it may very well be the most amazing innovation we’ve had yet.
And on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 10 a.m. Eastern, Keith will unveil this strategy – but until then, you can access the seasonality tool for free so try it out!
Click here to register for the webinar and check out this new feature to kickstart a successful year!