How to exclude stocks of a watchlist from scanner results?

[Oliver]

Hi,

I run a scan that generates signals on many stocks throughout the day. Once I analysed a stock I put it in a 'ANALYSED' watchlist. Therefore I would like the stocks of the 'ANALYSED' watch list to be excluded from the scanner result so that the scanner generate signals only on new stocks not analysed.

How can I in my screener filter/exclude stocks from a given watchlist?

Kind regards,

Oliver

 

 

[Jerry Medved]

only way to exclude a stock is to remove it from the portfolio being scanned. You can create an 'Analyzed' portfolio and move stuff to there when done. Then at the end of the day, move the symbols back so they will be included in future scans.

[Oliver]

Hi Jerry,

When I try to move symbols from the scanner to the 'Analyzed' portfolio they stay in the scanner. This workaround only works if the scanner is not running. But if I stop the scan I then loose the list of symbols to move.

Is it possible to add the possibility to filter symbols from a given watchlist when scaning? in C# or as a parameter in portfolio screens?

Regards,

Oliver

 

 

[Jerry Medved]

well, you can add stuff to filter in your scan - can make it a parameter. But then you would have to manually change the parameter and that would restart the scan. I will check why the drag/drop forces it to COPY mode.

[Oliver]

Hi Jerry,

Please do not change this behaviour. I prefer the current behaviour where drag and drop forces a copy of the stock in a wathlist where a scan is runing. I prefer my original scan list to stay unchanged all time.

Thanks,

Olivier

 

[Jerry Medved]

ok. NOTE: even in places where the default drag action is MOVE, holding down the CTRL key while dragging will change it to COPY. Standard Windows functionality

[Jerry Medved]

as for exclusion - there is no dynamic way to do it. If you always want to exclude some specific symbols, can add code in advanced mode not to trigger if the symbol is one of those, but no other option