The Extension Signal
Up 25%+ above 50 SMA. Parabolic move, high risk of pullback.
What it detects
Extension fires when price stretches 25% or more above its own 50-day moving average, which is parabolic territory. Nothing about the trend has broken. The flag simply measures how far the rubber band is stretched.
How Signal52 computes it
A single ratio: today’s close divided by the 50-day SMA, minus one, at or above 25%. Because strong stocks can stay extended, the scanner also applies a score haircut, roughly halving the contribution of momentum signals on names carrying this flag.
How to read it
Extended stocks are where momentum profits live and also where the sharpest air pockets open. Mean reversion toward the 50-day is the norm, and gaps of 25% or more close fast when it happens. The flag is not a sell signal on a leader. It is an instruction about entries: chasing here means accepting that a routine reversion wipes out weeks of gains.
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.
Stocks showing Extension today
91 of 2,060 screened stocks show Extension as of . The top 15 by Elite Score are below.
| Symbol | Elite Score | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATAI | 7.0 | 7.18 | 0.00% |
| NRIX | 7.0 | 24.69 | 0.00% |
| DD | 6.8 | 142.93 | +1.17% |
| CTRN | 6.5 | 72.64 | +3.93% |
| ZBRA | 5.8 | 368.83 | 0.00% |
| CRNX | 5.5 | 83.86 | +0.12% |
| LIND | 5.2 | 34.09 | 0.00% |
| MCS | 5.2 | 31.12 | 0.00% |
| MQ | 5.2 | 17.94 | +0.50% |
| ELVN | 4.5 | 61.11 | +5.29% |
| PANW | 4.5 | 366.34 | +5.53% |
| ITGR | 4.2 | 125.05 | 0.00% |
| PAY | 4.2 | 44.60 | 0.00% |
| PLSE | 4.2 | 38.17 | 0.00% |
| UFPT | 4.2 | 334.84 | 0.00% |