import yfinance as yf import pandas_ta as ta import pandas as pd import logging from typing import List, Dict logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO) logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) DEFAULT_TICKERS = [ "AAPL", "MSFT", "NVDA", "AMZN", "META", "GOOGL", "TSLA", "AMD", "NFLX", "QCOM", "INTC", "BA", "DIS", "SPY", "QQQ" ] def scan_for_candidates(tickers: List[str] = DEFAULT_TICKERS, min_price: float = 20.0, min_volume: int = 2_000_000) -> pd.DataFrame: """ Scans a list of tickers to find the best candidates for the Touch & Turn strategy. Prioritizes high Average True Range (ATR) as a percentage of price, ensuring adequate volume. """ logger.info(f"Scanning {len(tickers)} tickers for high volatility/liquidity...") results = [] # Download daily data for the past 1mo to calculate 14-day ATR and Avg Volume data = yf.download(tickers, period="1mo", interval="1d", group_by="ticker", progress=False) for ticker in tickers: try: # Handle single ticker vs multi-ticker dataframe structure from yfinance if len(tickers) == 1: df = data.copy() else: df = data[ticker].copy() if df.empty or len(df) < 15: continue # Clean column names (yfinance multi-index can sometimes leave tuple names) if isinstance(df.columns, pd.MultiIndex): df.columns = df.columns.droplevel(1) df.ta.atr(length=14, append=True) # Safely get the close price, falling back to yesterday if today's is NaN (common at exactly 09:30) close_price = df['Close'].iloc[-1] if pd.isna(close_price) and len(df) > 1: close_price = df['Close'].iloc[-2] yesterday_atr = df['ATRr_14'].iloc[-2] # Safely get avg volume avg_volume = df['Volume'].tail(14).mean() if pd.isna(avg_volume): avg_volume = 0 # Filters if pd.isna(close_price) or close_price < min_price or avg_volume < min_volume or pd.isna(yesterday_atr): continue atr_percent = (yesterday_atr / close_price) * 100 results.append({ "Ticker": ticker, "Close": round(float(close_price), 2), "ATR_14": round(float(yesterday_atr), 2), "ATR_Percent": round(float(atr_percent), 2), "Avg_Volume": int(avg_volume) }) except Exception as e: logger.debug(f"Failed processing {ticker}: {e}") results_df = pd.DataFrame(results) if not results_df.empty: # Sort by ATR Percentage descending (we want the most volatile stocks) results_df = results_df.sort_values(by="ATR_Percent", ascending=False).reset_index(drop=True) return results_df if __name__ == "__main__": candidates = scan_for_candidates() print("\nTop Candidates for Touch & Turn Strategy:") print("-" * 65) print(candidates.to_string(index=False))