🔥 Hot Stocks: the volume-surge watchlist

Hot Stocks scans the U.S. market every weekday for stocks whose trading volume has surged to about twice its normal level over 90 days while the price has not fully followed. Volume usually moves before price — a quiet stock suddenly trading twice as much is often being accumulated before the move shows up in the chart.

This guide is public — the daily list itself is a Premium (members-only) service.

How a stock gets on the list

The scan covers U.S.-listed stocks with an average daily volume of at least 250k shares and a full trading history. Each name's recent average volume is compared with its earlier baseline; names at roughly 2× or more make the surge screen, and the list is rebuilt every weekday after the close.

The three stages

BUILDING
Recent volume is climbing toward the 2× line — early accumulation.
SURGING
Recent (21-day) average volume is at or above 2× the baseline.
CONFIRMED
The surge has lasted: the sustained (63-day) average is also at or above 2×.

Reading the price column

Every row is tinted by how far the price moved over the same 90 days. The green 'lagging' names — volume way up, price nearly flat — are the point of the service: the move, if it comes, hasn't happened yet.

Lagging (<5%)Volume surged, price barely moved — the prime accumulation candidate.
Up 5-10%Price has started to move, still early.
Up 10-15%Moving, but still inside the under-15% screen.
Higher (>=15%)Price already ran — shown for context, not a lagging candidate.
Negative (<0%)Volume surged but price fell — distribution watch, not accumulation.

Cadence & access

The list refreshes every weekday after the market close. Hot Stocks is the Premium service ($99/month or $699/year), and Premium includes Super Investor Distance — one subscription covers both. A natural workflow: spot a lagging name here, then check its Distance report to see whether superinvestors hold it.

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The honest limit

A volume surge is a watchlist signal, not a buy recommendation. Surges also happen around news, index changes and distribution, and many fade without any price move. Use the list to decide what to research — not as the research itself.

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