What's Alert HQ all about?

TradeRadar wants to be your stock alert headquarters. Every week we scan and test all the stocks on the major exchanges. We find the stocks or ETFs that are starting to make a move. These stocks are generating TradeRadar BUY or SELL signals right now. We provide this list of alerts on a weekly basis.

It could be a stock that has been trending down for months and is now showing a potential to begin moving up. It could be a stock in a prolonged up-trend that has shown signs of topping out and is now starting back down. We determine if the move is strong enough to warrant a trade.

[Click here] to see some of our best BUY and SELL signals from past weeks.

How does it work?

This process is based on the hypothesis that all news and fundamentals are reflected in stock prices. This hypothesis further contends that stocks establish trends. At some point, a given security's trend may reverse. The TradeRadar software looks for that reversal point. We feed prices for every stock and ETF into our software and the strongest investment candidates come out the other end.

Using our proprietary signal software combined with automated trend and moving average analysis and a host of technical indicators we find those stocks that are starting to make a move. Every week we scan all the stocks listed on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ, over 7200 securities in all, to find those stocks or ETFs that are generating actionable BUY signals or SELL signals.

Every week we have signals based on daily data. We are starting to have signals based on weekly data. All alert lists are updated on a weekly basis.

Alert lists are provided in comma-separated-value (CSV) format, viewable in any text editor or spreadsheet. We include the symbol, the security's name, what exchange it trades on, its last price at the time when the analysis ran, the TradeRadar signal strength, several technical indicators and several fundamental indicators.

At Alert HQ, we don't require you to subscribe to our service. Buy it and try it. Come back at any time and purchase the latest list. Skip a week, skip a month. There is no obligation to continue if you are not satisfied.

For more information on how we generate alerts and commentary on past alert lists, check the blog posts in the Alert HQ category.

What should you do with these trading signals?

A good first step is to add the stocks or ETFs to a watchlist and observe the follow-through. All the signals are based on what appear to be trend reversals. As such, a stock with a BUY signal may pull back for a few days before moving up again and confirming the signal.

Make sure you are comfortable owning one of these stocks or ETFs. That means doing a little research to make sure they meet your investment criteria. Maybe you would prefer to avoid small-caps or companies that are not showing a profit. Over at the TradeRadar Toolbox you can use the TradeRadar Linkz for Stock Analysis to enter the symbol and look up all kinds of information on the stock pick. Many other tools are provided as well.

Try our list of alerts now. Good luck trading!