Use Case · Technical

52-week high alerts

4 min read · Use case

A new 52-week high is the cleanest signal of momentum a stock can give. The challenge is separating the few that mean something from the hundreds that happen every day.

Why 52-week highs matter

New highs are one of the strongest momentum signals in any market. Stocks at all-time highs face zero overhead supply — there are no bag-holders waiting to sell. Stocks at 52-week highs are usually doing so because something has fundamentally changed.

The challenge is volume: a 52-week high made on no volume is suspect. A new high made on 2× the 30-day average volume is the real thing.

How Tickerbot does it

Tickerbot precomputes a 52_week_high flag on every ticker, refreshed every five minutes. State-change dedup means one notification per new high — not a constant stream while the stock holds above its prior high.

The simplest version

Any stock in my watchlist hitting a new 52-week high on volume above 1.5× average

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NVDA new 52w high at $148.20 on 1.8× volume.

Stacking with fundamentals or ratings

High-conviction filter

Any stock with a P/E under 20, recent analyst upgrade, and a fresh 52-week high

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JPM P/E 12.4, two upgrades, new 52w high at $215.40.

Variants worth setting up

"New 52-week highs on any stock with a market cap above $10B"
"New all-time highs on any S&P 500 stock"
"52-week high on a stock with a recent earnings beat"
"52-week low alerts" (the inverse — useful as a risk signal)

Set up your first 52-week high alert

Get the new highs that actually mean something. Skip the noise.