# Guides

Long-form explainers for the screens QM Screener runs. Each one is written
for a reader arriving cold, and every threshold quoted in them is interpolated
from the code that enforces it, so a guide cannot drift from the screen it
describes.

- [How to Screen for Momentum Stocks: Criteria, Setups, and a Daily Routine](https://qmscreener.com/how-to-screen-for-momentum-stocks) — the criteria, the default thresholds, the setup tags and an end-of-day routine.
- [Trend Template stock screener: the 8-point checklist explained](https://qmscreener.com/trend-template-stock-screener) — the 8-point trend-confirmation checklist, the threshold each point is tested at, and what the passing list means.
- [Setup tags explained: what BASE, TIGHT, TRENDING, EXTENDED and PARABOLIC mean](https://qmscreener.com/momentum-setup-tags) — what BASE, TIGHT, TRENDING, EXTENDED and PARABOLIC are measured from, and which of them is a place to do work.
- [VCP stock screener: the volatility contraction criteria this screen applies](https://qmscreener.com/vcp-stock-screener) — what counts as a contraction here, how tight the final range has to be, and why the list is sorted tightest first.
- [Average daily range (ADR%): the volatility floor momentum screens use](https://qmscreener.com/adr-percent-swing-trading) — what average daily range measures, the floor each screen applies, and why the setup score caps it.
- [Momentum screening when the market is weak: the Defensive Strength screen](https://qmscreener.com/defensive-strength-screener) — what it tests for, why the bullish lists thin out in a weak tape, and how to read a list sorted by beta.
- [How to connect Claude or ChatGPT to a daily momentum screener over MCP](https://qmscreener.com/mcp-stock-screener) — what an AI assistant can read from the screens, which tools need a subscriber token, and the limits.
- [Export a momentum screener watchlist to TradingView: find, save, send](https://qmscreener.com/export-screener-to-tradingview) — the watchlist file the dashboard writes, the CSV columns beside it, and the end-of-day routine that produces them.

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The product these describe is at [https://qmscreener.com/](https://qmscreener.com/): six published screens over
the full US equity universe, rerun once per trading day after the US close.
Not financial advice.