The Extension Signal
Up 25%+ above 50 SMA. Parabolic move, high risk of pullback.
What does the Extension signal detect?
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 does Signal52 compute Extension?
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 should you read a Extension signal?
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.
Which stocks show Extension today?
50 of 1,292 screened stocks show Extension as of . The top 15 by Elite Score are below.
| Symbol | Elite Score | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMBL | 2.9 | 5.97 | -0.33% |
| BRZE | 2.0 | 45.67 | -0.17% |
| RRC | 1.5 | 54.47 | 0.00% |
| SGHT | 1.5 | 9.15 | 0.00% |
| TEM | 1.2 | 78.48 | +8.67% |
| VNCE | 1.2 | 12.00 | 0.00% |
| AEYE | 1.1 | 13.35 | +2.46% |
| ARHS | 1.1 | 12.54 | +0.72% |
| BDL | 1.1 | 66.46 | +10.82% |
| CDNA | 1.1 | 85.88 | -1.75% |
| FDS | 1.1 | 343.74 | 0.00% |
| GKOS | 1.1 | 238.61 | 0.00% |
| MRNA | 1.1 | 220.83 | 0.00% |
| OPRT | 1.1 | 9.92 | 0.00% |
| PAYC | 1.1 | 266.04 | 0.00% |