The Churning Signal
High volume but no price progress. Supply overwhelming demand.
What does the Churning signal detect?
Churning flags heavy effort with no result: volume at least 50% above average while price closes essentially flat, under a 1% change. All that turnover went somewhere. Supply absorbed every share demand produced.
How does Signal52 compute Churning?
Two conditions on the same session: volume at or above 1.5 times the 50-day average, and an absolute daily price change below 1%. Effort measured against outcome.
How should you read a Churning signal?
Context decides the meaning. Churning after a long advance is classic topping behavior, with enthusiastic buying met by patient and larger selling. The same tape after a decline can be constructive absorption. Signal52 flags it as risk because on the momentum-oriented names the scanner surfaces, high-volume stalls precede pullbacks more often than continuations.
Risk Signals in the Elite Score: Risk signals carry no positive weight. They are warning flags that change how a score should be read. A score of 10+ with no risk flags is a fundamentally different setup than the same score with active warnings.
Which stocks show Churning today?
468 of 1,665 screened stocks show Churning as of . The top 15 by Elite Score are below.
| Symbol | Elite Score | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFFN | 12.0 | 8.90 | +0.79% |
| DCOM | 11.5 | 40.73 | +0.42% |
| ACNB | 10.5 | 64.57 | +0.80% |
| ATKR | 10.5 | 94.32 | -0.16% |
| TMP | 10.5 | 99.34 | 0.00% |
| AMTB | 9.5 | 29.80 | +0.74% |
| OFG | 9.5 | 52.50 | 0.00% |
| CAC | 9.0 | 57.55 | +0.12% |
| CNXN | 9.0 | 86.68 | +0.25% |
| SAIC | 9.0 | 133.19 | 0.00% |
| BFH | 8.5 | 108.53 | +0.30% |
| CHMG | 8.5 | 82.97 | +0.36% |
| AES | 8.0 | 14.83 | -0.13% |
| BHB | 8.0 | 40.05 | -0.72% |
| BZH | 8.0 | 33.32 | -0.03% |