How I Build My Daily Stalk & Focus Lists

How I merge my Finviz screener, TradingView watchlists, and a 'Compression' screener to generate stalk & focused ideas.

Here’s a quick walkthrough of how I generate my stalk/focused ideas—also shared exclusively with my X subscribers through a daily pre-market tweet condensed into a 5-minute reference.

A breakdown of the process;

1. Tradingview as my based charting and watchlist management platform. It is tile next to my finviz web browser.

2. I have 13 preset screeners across both platforms , 9 in finviz (post-market to watchlist), 4 in tradingview (watchlist compression, pre-market gapper of stock & etf, watchlist RVOL sorted). Details of each screener are shared in Chapter 3 of https://jfsrev.substack.com/my-trading-tools-process-routine. You can also get direct Shared Screen access from https://x.com/jfsrev/status/1982678925483684325

3. I copy each screened result from Finviz and paste it into its corresponding TradingView watchlist (e.g., “Hottest Stock” results go into the “Hottest Stock” watchlist).

erikcarell has built a Finviz API workaround that lets you import an entire screen directly into a TradingView watchlist.

4. Screened results aren’t usually actionable on their own, so I add an extra layer— “compression” screener within TradingView—and run it through each dedicated watchlist. This is what I refer to as a “screen within a screen.” My watchlists are color-coded to show which screener each stock came from—and to highlight when a name appears across multiple screeners (e.g.,🔴= Hottest Stock).

5. I review each name that passes the “compression” screener, evaluating them one by one on the chart to determine whether they qualify for my stalk/focused idea watchlist. The criteria I use are outlined in my “15 Hard Rules” in Chapter 6. https://jfsrev.substack.com/my-trading-tools-process-routine.

6. The same process is then applied at the ETF level, since TradingView separates its Stock and ETF screeners into two different sections.

7. On top of that, I manually review over 160 ETFs to track day-by-day price action/RS across industry groups (not shown in the video). The full workflow—including post-market study—takes at least 2 hours per session. The process flows as follows: Screening → Watchlist Management → Focus List Rebuild & Preparation → Qualitative Market Reading for Situational Awareness → Portfolio Stop Management (when needed).

No single screener will ever capture every opportunity.

To stay ahead of the market, you need unwavering dedication, discipline, and consistency. Eventually, the market rewards that effort with the strong, or trending moves. But first, you need a strategy and process that fits your lifestyle and is sustainable over the long term.

I hope you all find this helpful as we navigate this challenging yet financially rewarding journey.

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