QuickEdge evaluates stock basket opportunities using Volume-Weighted Moving Averages (VWMA), trend direction filters, and dynamic ATR volatility envelopes—enhanced with real-time news, SEC filing sentiment, and options activity context.
Four interconnected pillars designed to filter low-probability trades and adapt to live volatility.
Price movement without volume is susceptible to false breakouts. Entries require price confirmation above VWMA (20-period Volume-Weighted Moving Average) alongside 50-EMA trend alignment, MACD crossovers, and ADX trend strength (>20) to filter out low-conviction chop.
Static percentage stops often fail when market volatility expands or contracts. Our execution engine calculates Average True Range (ATR) multiples in real-time to adjust Take-Profit and Stop-Loss boundaries to asset volatility, automatically falling back to strategy defaults when ATR data is sparse.
Technical setups are weighted against macro and company-specific events. The system parses Yahoo RSS news headlines for sentiment bias, analyzes SEC 10-K/10-Q filing releases for risk factors, and monitors unusual options volume and open-interest spikes to adjust trade sizing or block adverse entries.
Instead of evaluating stocks in isolation, the system continuously ranks your custom stock basket (e.g., QQQ, SPY, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, TSLA) by composite score and confidence, generating a top-opportunity outlook for every trading session.
Pre-configured technical profiles tailored for intraday scalping and multi-day swing execution.
| Strategy Profile | Timeframe | Core Indicators | Risk Profile | Best Suited For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intraday VWMA | 15-Minute Bars | VWMA20 + MACD + RSI (45-65) | Dynamic ATR / 1.5% TP, 1.0% SL | Liquid Blue-Chip & ETF Scalping |
| Swing VWMA | 1-Hour Bars | VWMA20 + EMA50 + SEC + News | Dynamic ATR / 4.0% TP, 2.0% SL | Multi-Day Momentum & Trend Holding |
| RSI + MACD Combined | 1-Minute Bars | RSI (<35) + MACD Bullish Cross | Intraday Envelopes | Fast Reversion & Breakout Confirmation |
| Full Combo | 1-Minute Bars | RSI + MACD + EMA50 + ADX + BB | Strict Multi-Condition Risk | High-Conviction Confluence Entries |
Fetches Alpaca mid-price bid/ask quotes with automatic historical bar-close fallbacks to ensure accurate entry valuation.
Supports limit-order placement during pre-market and post-market sessions when strategy conditions pass.
Calculates live mark-to-market position equity and cash reconciliation to ensure margin requirements are accurately tracked.