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Ranking a Group of Stocks by Percent Change

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Q: How do I create a list of ETFs sorted by their performance over the past 20 days?

A: You can do that by using an Advanced Scan with our new "Rank By" feature.  Here's what it looks like:

[group is ETF]
rank by [PctChange(20, close)]

Note that when you run that scan, your results will be sorted by %Change.  Also note that the %Change values are shown in the rightmost column of the results page.

You can also add additional clauses to further reduce the number of results.  Here's one that's a little more "real-world:"

[country is us] and [group is ETFNOUI] and [sma(20,volume) > 100000] 
rank by [PctChange(20, close)]

By the way, "Rank By" must appear at the bottom of your scan.

Enjoy!
- Chip

Chip Anderson
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