Backdate individual criteria
The 'Days Before' option enables you to backdate individual criteria. For example, you could have the following criteria:
This will scan for all stocks where the close price is greater than the previous close. But supposing you only wanted stocks where the previous close is also greater that the one before. To do this you can use the following additional criteria:
- 1 day before Close Date: Close Price greater than (Close Price 1 day ago)
In other words: close > previous close > previous close.
To specify the number of days before, first choose the item for comparison from the left hand list, choose a condition, and then the second item for comparison from the right hand list. Enter the days before you require in the Days Before box as shown below:
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