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Best Swing Trade Stocks Right Now — Top 30 by Score
Swing trading rewards the names where multiple factors line up over multiple sessions. The list below ranks US tickers by Tapeline composite score — the six factors weighted most toward Trend and Relative Strength and least toward Momentum — filtered to a minimum score of 65 (top third of the distribution). Sorted by composite descending. The composite is the best summary number for a multi-day setup.
Updated September 27, 2026. 30 stocks currently make today's Swing Traders list (composite 65+ on Tapeline's published six-factor methodology). At the top of the list right now: CRT, NMM, RDVT, HQI, SBC — composites across the list range from 78 to 86 out of 100.
Scores are a descriptive reading of six weighted factors, not a forecast or a buy call. Each recorded daily top-10 pick is published — wins and losses — on the public scorecard, which currently trails SPY.
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| # | Ticker | Name | Score | Signal | Price | 1d |
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| 1 | CRT | Cross Timbers Royalty Trust | 86 | HIGH CONVICTION | $12.50 | 0.00% |
| 2 | NMM | Navios Maritime Partners LP | 85 | HIGH CONVICTION | $91.51 | 0.00% |
| 3 | RDVT | Red Violet Inc | 83 | STRONG SETUP | $78.55 | 0.00% |
| 4 | HQI | HireQuest, Inc. Common Stock (DE) | 82 | STRONG SETUP | $20.57 | +2.65% |
| 5 | SBC | SBC Medical Group Holdings Inc | 82 | STRONG SETUP | $4.90 | 0.00% |
| 6 | ERO | Ero Copper Corp. | 81 | STRONG SETUP | $37.60 | -0.71% |
| 7 | X:ZECUSD | ZEC / USD | 81 | STRONG SETUP | $1591.10 | +2.33% |
| 8 | X:NEARUSD | NEAR / USD | 81 | STRONG SETUP | $5.20 | +8.10% |
| 9 | X:QNTUSD | QNT / USD | 81 | STRONG SETUP | $187.76 | +57.45% |
| 10 | CBNA | Chain Bridge Bancorp, Inc. | 81 | STRONG SETUP | $47.76 | 0.00% |
| 11 | X:UNIUSD | UNI / USD | 81 | STRONG SETUP | $9.67 | +0.34% |
| 12 | SBFG | SB Financial Group Inc | 81 | STRONG SETUP | $29.86 | 0.00% |
| 13 | HMR | Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. Common Stock | 80 | STRONG SETUP | $1.78 | +0.56% |
| 14 | CPRX | Catalyst Pharmaceutical Inc. | 80 | STRONG SETUP | $31.48 | -0.03% |
| 15 | NEOG | Neogen Corp | 80 | STRONG SETUP | $13.49 | -1.96% |
| 16 | DCBO | Docebo Inc. Common Shares | 80 | STRONG SETUP | $22.84 | 0.00% |
| 17 | GREE | Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. Class A Common | 80 | STRONG SETUP | $2.85 | +0.41% |
| 18 | CGAU | Centerra Gold Inc. | 79 | STRONG SETUP | $22.56 | 0.00% |
| 19 | X:DRVUSD | DRV / USD | 79 | STRONG SETUP | $0.4064 | -3.15% |
| 20 | ECPG | Encore Capital Group, Inc. | 79 | STRONG SETUP | $98.41 | 0.00% |
| 21 | BUUU | BUUU Group Limited Class A Ordinary Share | 79 | STRONG SETUP | $43.40 | -1.81% |
| 22 | KGEI | Kolibri Global Energy Inc. Common Stock | 79 | STRONG SETUP | $6.30 | -0.79% |
| 23 | X:PHAUSD | PHA / USD | 79 | STRONG SETUP | $0.06864 | -14.45% |
| 24 | X:HYPEUSD | HYPE / USD | 79 | STRONG SETUP | $91.44 | -0.96% |
| 25 | VNCE | Vince Holding Corp. Common Stock | 79 | STRONG SETUP | $11.73 | +2.00% |
| 26 | AGEN | Agenus Inc. | 79 | STRONG SETUP | $8.64 | +1.17% |
| 27 | ACFN | Acorn Energy, Inc. Common Stock | 79 | STRONG SETUP | $20.45 | -2.55% |
| 28 | DMLP | Dorchester Minerals LP | 79 | STRONG SETUP | $29.09 | +0.17% |
| 29 | ACCL | Acco Group Holdings Limited Class A Ordinary Shares | 78 | STRONG SETUP | $2.48 | -0.79% |
| 30 | X:VELOUSD | VELO / USD | 78 | STRONG SETUP | $0.03711 | +4.48% |
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Signal key: HIGH CONVICTION 85–100 · STRONG SETUP 70–84 · CONSTRUCTIVE 55–69 · NEUTRAL 40–54 · CAUTION 25–39 · WEAK 0–24. Labels describe where the six factors sit today — they are not buy or sell recommendations.
How the Swing Traders ranking works
The Tapeline composite is a transparent weighted blend of six named factors: Trend, Relative Strength, Fundamentals, Smart Money, Macro, and Momentum — weighted most toward Trend and Relative Strength, and least toward Momentum. For the swing traders view, the emphasis is on score + relative strength — but the composite is the better summary signal than any single factor in isolation.
Read the full methodology on /how-it-works, or see how today's picks have performed historically on the public scorecard.
Browse every scored US name in the full stock directory, or see how a scanner differs from a screener in screener vs scanner.
Questions about swing traders on Tapeline
What's the typical Tapeline score threshold for a swing trade?
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By signal-label convention: STRONG SETUP (70-84) is where the textbook swing setups cluster. HIGH CONVICTION (85-100) is rarer and tends to be late in a move rather than the entry. CONSTRUCTIVE (55-69) is a watchlist tier — adding to your radar without committing capital. Use 65+ as a screening floor; let your own discretion narrow from there.
How is this different from the day-traders list?
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Day traders sort by today's 1-day move; swing traders sort by composite score. Day-trader confluence is intraday and time-decays in hours. Swing-trader confluence is multi-day and time-decays in weeks. Same scoring engine, different sort order — different actionable shape.
Should I use this list or build my own filter?
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Start here, then narrow in /app/scanner. This page is the opinionated view that gives you top 30 candidates without you constructing a filter. The full scanner lets you tighten — minimum trend score, specific sector, signal-label filter, etc. Once a few candidates pass the broader screen here, dig into the per-ticker breakdown to decide which deserve real position size.
What's the public scorecard?
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Each recorded daily top 10 is published at /scorecard with their rank, composite score and the price they were flagged at. One session later, the next-session realised return vs SPY is appended. Entries are not re-ranked or deleted. We have corrected recorded values twice, and said so: prices on 25 August 2026, and scores from 18 May to 12 June capped on 15 June 2026. It's the public track record so you can see whether the model's high-conviction calls are actually delivering positive alpha over time.
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The published record — daily Top 10, full scorecard, raw CSV/JSON — stays free with no account. An account takes an email and a password, and runs this scan ten scored rows at a time. A card starts the 30-day Premium trial: $0 today, first charge on day 30, cancel online any time — every matching row across the scored universe (about 11,500 US stocks and ETFs), every sort/filter combination, watchlist + alerts. Pro from $8.25/mo ($99.00/yr), with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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