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Stocks Breaking Out Today — Top 30 by 1-Day Move + Score

Breakout scans live or die on the score filter. A pure 'biggest 1-day movers' list is mostly noise — small-caps spiking on news, short squeezes, low-quality penny stocks. The list below ranks today's biggest US movers, filtered to composite 70+ (STRONG SETUP and above). That's the breakout-with-confluence cluster: the move plus the trend, relative strength, and fundamentals confirming it. Real breakouts, not head-fakes.

Updated August 4, 2026. 10 stocks currently make today's Breakout Stocks list (composite 70+ on Tapeline's public 6-factor formula). At the top of the list right now: CTOS, CRWL, AIRT, AGM.A, CDNA — live composites across the list currently range from 71 to 78 out of 100.

Scores are a descriptive reading of six weighted factors, not a forecast or a buy call. Every daily top-10 pick is published — wins and losses — on the public scorecard, which currently trails SPY.

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#TickerNameScoreSignalPrice1d
1CTOSCustom Truck One Source, Inc.74STRONG SETUP$11.68+15.07%
2CRWLGraniteShares 2x Long CRWD Daily ETF78STRONG SETUP$69.06+12.87%
3AIRTAir T Inc75STRONG SETUP$30.99+10.44%
4AGM.AFederal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Class A Voting76STRONG SETUP$170.00+10.20%
5CDNACareDx, Inc.74STRONG SETUP$48.00+9.81%
6AMUUDirexion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AMD Bull 2X ETF72STRONG SETUP$200.03+9.55%
7RELLRELL75STRONG SETUP$19.98+9.22%
8PRLBPRLB72STRONG SETUP$81.81+9.01%
9AMDGLeverage Shares 2X Long AMD Daily ETF71STRONG SETUP$94.40+7.76%
10AXGNAxogen, Inc. Common Stock72STRONG SETUP$45.44+7.65%

Signal key: HIGH CONVICTION 85–100 · STRONG SETUP 70–84 · CONSTRUCTIVE 55–69 · NEUTRAL 40–54 · CAUTION 25–39 · WEAK 0–24. Labels describe where the six factors sit today — they are not buy or sell recommendations.

How the Breakout Stocks ranking works

The Tapeline composite is a transparent weighted blend of six named factors: Trend, Relative Strength, Fundamentals, Smart Money, Macro, and Momentum — weighted most toward Trend and Relative Strength, and least toward Momentum. For the breakout stocks view, the emphasis is on momentum + confluence — but the composite is the better summary signal than any single factor in isolation.

Read the full methodology on /how-it-works, or see how today's picks have performed historically on the public scorecard.

Browse every scored US name in the full stock directory, or see how a scanner differs from a screener in screener vs scanner.

Questions about breakout stocks on Tapeline

What makes a 'real' breakout vs a head-fake?

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Real breakouts have confluence: the 1-day move is supported by the longer-term trend (Trend factor), the stock is outperforming its sector + SPY (Relative Strength), and the volume confirms participation (Momentum factor). Head-fakes have the 1-day move but the score is low — meaning trend and RS aren't agreeing with the spike. The filter to score 70+ removes most head-fakes.

How is this different from Day Traders?

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/best-stocks-for/day-traders uses score 60+ (lower floor, broader list). This Breakouts list uses 70+ (tighter, higher-conviction). Day traders want a wider candidate pool to work through; breakout-focused traders want only the cleanest setups. Same data, different filter intensity.

What time of day is best to scan?

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Late morning (US ET) is typically the sweet spot — early-day moves driven by overnight news have settled, and the names showing 1-day moves backed by score confluence are the ones likely to continue. Tapeline's underlying scores refresh sub-60 seconds during market hours, so the list updates throughout the session.

Do I need to act intraday or can I act on a daily-close breakout?

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Both work. The 1-day move column is live during the session and final at close. Tapeline's scorecard back-checks against next-session return — so the model is built around next-session continuation, not intraday continuation. Daily-close breakouts that the model picks up tend to extend in the next 1-3 sessions; intraday breakouts often mean-revert by end of day.

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Snapshot cached hourly. Sub-60s tick during US market hours. Not investment advice — see risk disclosure.