I've made a spreadsheet on stocks that have closed strong in August; a setup that I'd look for when playing an overnight swing in anticipation for a gap-up. This is a strategy I like because it doesn't use up a day trade when you are under the PDT Rule.
The criteria for these stocks are high volume (1million bare minimum) but more importantly: higher-than-usual volume, high percent gainers (above 10% on stocks under $10, and at least 5% on higher priced stocks), and they must be closing near their high-of-day.
I used ThinkOrSwim's OnDemand feature to look back at intraday charts for this.
Keep in mind that the stats are solely on gap returns, not what the stock does throughout the next day. So these are the returns you'd have if you bought right at market close on day 1 and sold right at the open of day 2. I'll probably build off this and add some more stats including day 2 high-of-day and low-of-day.
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