Learn swing trading, breakouts and risk, one clear rule at a time
Plain-English guides to the setups and risk rules that Zelos's scanners are built on. Each one ends with a way to practice it on real charts in the Zelos Training Ground.
Pullbacks & swing setups
What Is a Pullback Trading Strategy?A pullback strategy buys a stock that is already trending up after a short, orderly dip. Here are the rules that separate a healthy pullback from a breakdown.How to Identify a Bull FlagA bull flag is a sharp rally followed by a short, orderly drift lower. Learn the pole, the flag, the volume signature, and how to set entries and stops.How to Find Stocks Near SupportSupport is a price zone where buyers have repeatedly stepped in. Learn four practical ways to find it, how to screen for stocks near it, and how to tell if it will hold.The Best Indicators for Swing TradingA practical shortlist of swing trading indicators: moving averages, volume, ATR, relative strength and RSI. What each measures, how to use it, and why fewer is better.
Breakouts & momentum
How to Trade BreakoutsA step-by-step guide to trading stock breakouts: finding a real base, confirming the break with volume, where to put the stop, and how to avoid false breakouts.What Is a Breakout Retest?A breakout retest is when price breaks above resistance, pulls back to that level, and holds it as support. Here is how to trade it and what failure looks like.How to Find Stocks Before a BreakoutStocks usually telegraph breakouts with a tightening base, higher lows, and volume drying up under resistance. Here is how to spot those signs and build a watchlist.How to Scan Stocks for MomentumMomentum scanning finds stocks that are outperforming. Here are the filters that work (relative strength, trend, volume), a sample scan, and the traps to avoid.
Risk management
What Is the Reward-to-Risk Ratio?The reward-to-risk ratio compares what a trade could make with what it could lose. Learn the formula, why 2:1 is a common minimum, and how it connects to win rate.How to Use Stop-Losses in Swing TradingWhere to put a stop-loss on a swing trade, how to size around it, why stops get hit by noise, and how gaps and trailing stops change the picture.
Options
How to Find Options With 30–45 DTEDTE means days to expiration. Here is why many swing traders buy calls and puts 30 to 45 days out, how to find those contracts in an option chain, and what to check.What Is an Options Scanner?An options scanner filters thousands of option contracts or underlying setups to find trade candidates. Learn the main types, useful filters, and common traps.
Scanners & AI
How Does an AI Stock Scanner Work?An AI stock scanner pulls market data, applies screening rules, scores setups and explains the result. Here is what each step does, where AI helps, and what it cannot do.AI Stock Screener vs. Traditional Stock ScreenerA side-by-side comparison of AI stock screeners and traditional filter-based screeners: how each works, what each is good at, and how to pick.
Reference
Knowledge catalog & glossaryDefinitions of every term used in Zelos alerts, the scoring engine, and a strategy comparison.
Daily market scansEach trading day's scan: conditions, what was scanned, what was rejected and why, and the alert that qualified.
Alert historyEvery published alert and its outcome, winners and losers.
General education only. Not personalized investment advice.