United Kingdom / FTSE stock screener presets

Surprise-driven momentum: recent positive earnings/revenue surprises with basic liquidity.

Uses PEGY to avoid overpaying for growth when dividends matter.

Fast-growing names by revenue growth. Consider adding a market-cap floor for liquidity.

Dividend growth with a reasonable payout ratio to reduce “yield trap” risk.

Quality compounders proxy: strong ROIC with healthy margins and controlled leverage.

Liquidity and leverage screen: higher current/quick ratios and low long-term debt.

Large caps with low PE and positive free cashflow. Good starting point for value screens.

Aggressive value tilt: very low PE + cashflow + manageable leverage.

Filters for quality + reasonable growth pricing. Tweak PEG and ROE thresholds per market.

Classic value/growth blend: low PE and PEG < 1.

Momentum leaders with strong sales growth, liquidity, and trend support.

Strong 1y performance plus profitability and sane leverage.

Value tilt without fighting the tape: lower PE, above 200-SMA, and positive 3m momentum.

Sort-style query: surfaces biggest decliners; useful for mean reversion watchlists.

Longer lookback losers for broader downtrends and washout scans (often used for puts or deep mean-reversion watchlists).

Sort-style query: surfaces the biggest gainers by cumulative session moves.

Longer lookback winners for swing positioning and trend following.

Flow/behavioral lens: net insider buying with multiple insider transactions recently.

Accumulation proxy: higher institutional transaction count plus trend filter.

Momentum turn confirmation with price support above EMA20; good baseline for directional call ideas.

Volatility expansion breakout on liquid names (often followed by elevated option demand).

Broader liquidity list with a lower market-cap floor; useful when large-cap-only is too restrictive.

High-liquidity underlyings that tend to have tighter spreads and better fills for options strategies.

Very liquid large names (proxy for active options chains; true open-interest screens require options-chain metrics).

Consecutive down sessions plus softer RSI; often used for short-dated mean-reversion ideas.

Mean-reversion watchlist: RSI oversold on liquid names (consider adding a longer-term trend filter).

Bear continuation proxy: below 200-SMA, weak MACD histogram and price below EMA20.

Uptrend regime filter (price above 200-SMA) plus liquidity. Good starting point for directional calls.

Directional trend with a cooled RSI and price holding near EMA50; common setup for risk-defined call spreads.

Downtrend regime filter (price below 200-SMA) plus liquidity. Good starting point for directional puts.

High-magnitude down moves. Useful for put ideas or mean-reversion watchlists (add your risk filters).

High-momentum up moves (often higher option demand). Consider adding a trend filter for follow-through.

Sharp 1-month drawdowns on liquid names; useful for put scans or rebound watchlists.

High absolute day-range (ATR) on liquid names; simple realized-volatility proxy for option premium environments.

Short-term momentum burst with liquidity; often corresponds to elevated realized volatility.

Conservative balance sheet: lower D/E and positive free cashflow.

Liquidity floor with a balance-sheet sanity check; useful as a base for many screens.

Consecutive down sessions + softer RSI. Useful for finding short-term exhaustion.

Stricter oversold filter: RSI oversold and price below lower Bollinger band.

Mean-reversion watchlist: RSI oversold plus recent drawdown.

Oversold zone by Stoch + RSI. Works best when combined with a trend filter.

Short/medium-term strength with a liquidity floor (avg volume).

Momentum shift confirmation using MACD histogram (proxy for MACD crossover).

High-momentum momentum: strong RSI plus 1-month performance and trend support.

Uptrend regime with a cooled RSI and price holding the 50-EMA area.

Long-term trend regime filter. Combine with a momentum or volume clause if too broad.

Uptrend (above 200-SMA) but RSI cooled off; useful for staged entries.

Trend-following proxy (Supertrend-like): price above 200-SMA with momentum confirmation.

Volatility expansion: price above upper band with higher liquidity.

Low daily movement proxy to find “coiled” names. Add a trend clause for direction.