Ross Cameron ScreenerThe 12-Minute Morning Flow (7:00–7:12 ET)
Open “Gap & % Gainers” list (pre-market).
Sort by % change; scan the top 5–10 only.
Hard filters (pass/fail):
Price $1–$20 (sweet spot $5–$10).
%chg ≥ 10% (≥4% absolute minimum).
RVOL ≥ 5× (today vs 30-/60-day avg).
Float ≤ 20M (prefer ≤10M; sub-5M = rocket fuel).
Catalyst check (white-/blacklist below).
Float rotation quick glance: Volume / Float ≥ 1× already? Bump priority if so.
Liquidity guardrails:
Pre-mkt volume ≥ 300k (tighten to ≥ 1M for safer fills).
Bid/ask spread ≤ 1% (or ≤ $0.05 under $10).
Tag 1–3 tickers as A-setups (everything else = B/C or ignore).
Mark headline times to anticipate bursts: 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30.
What to Trade (and What to Skip)
A. Green-list catalysts (prefer)
Earnings beats/upside outlook
Clinical results / FDA approvals
Material contracts/partnerships (not fluff)
Sector tailwinds (theme rotation—AI, GLP-1, China ADRs, etc.)
Technical/short-squeeze breakouts (OK even with no news if tape is clean)
B. Red-list catalysts (avoid)
Buyouts / M&A at fixed price (turns into a barcode around deal level)
Obvious promo/pump (OTC, newsletter spam)
Bankruptcy/provisional delisting (too binary; hard to manage risk)
The Scanner Recipe (copy these ideas to your platform)
Universe: All US stocks, price $1–$20, not OTC, primary listing.
% Change: ≥ +10% (pre-market) → sort DESC.
Relative Volume (day): ≥ 5× (or “Volume ≥ 5 × avg 30D”).
Float: ≤ 20M (display float column; you’ll eyeball ≤10M first).
Pre-mkt Volume: ≥ 300k (raise to 1M on choppy days).
Optional momentum toggles: Price > VWAP, Price > 20/50-DMA.
Columns shown: %chg, Price, Volume, RVOL, Float, Sector, News flag, Rotation = Volume/Float.
Fast Prioritization Heuristics
A-tier: Price $5–$10, Float ≤10M, RVOL ≥10×, %chg ≥25%, clean catalyst, tight L2, rotation ≥1×.
B-tier: Price $1–$5 or $10–$20, Float 10–20M, RVOL 5–10×, %chg 10–25%.
Pass: No catalyst and messy tape, float > 50M, RVOL < 3×, thin/illiquid prints.
Timing & Session Edges
Prime window: 7:00–10:30 ET (most of your trades happen here).
Midday: Usually stand down unless a true anomaly trends.
Power hour (15:00–16:00): Only re-engage if the morning leader holds trend/flags above VWAP with volume.
Sizing, Risk & Do-Nots (keeps you alive)
Starter size only until it proves it can hold above VWAP/prev high.
Max risk per trade: 0.25–0.50R of daily stop; daily hard stop set in stone.
Liquidity check: Your order ≪ 2–5% of 1-minute volume.
Respect halts/SSR mechanics; never chase into first spike after a resumption.
No shorting early for beginners—unbounded risk; squeeze risk is real.
Walk away if the tape turns illiquid or spreads blow out.
Quick Read of the Tape (pre-entry sanity)
Level 2: stacked bids, refreshing buyer at VWAP/flag lows, speed of prints increasing on pushes, light volume on dips.
Structure: Clean pre-mkt flag, higher lows, holds pre-mkt high on the open, respects VWAP on pullbacks.
Bad tells: Stuffed breakouts with heavy offers, repeated reclaim-failures of VWAP, volume dying on pushes.
Minimal Watchlist Template (fill it in each morning)
A1: Ticker / Price / %chg / Float / RVOL / Rotation / Catalyst / Pre-mkt high / Levels to watch
A2: …
A3: …
Contingency: 2 B-tier names if the A’s die.
When Nothing Qualifies
Trade nothing. Or relax rules one notch (e.g., RVOL ≥ 3×, Float ≤ 30M) but demand cleaner technicals (above VWAP, tight flags, no overhang).
“Why this works” (mental model)
You’re engineering an extreme supply–demand imbalance:
Demand = big % gap + RVOL + attention (top of list) + credible catalyst
Supply = small float → fast float rotation → squeezes/continuation
Then you ride clean technicals and cut losers fast.
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