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Best Swing Trade Stocks Right Now — Live Top 30 by Score
Swing trading rewards the names where multiple factors line up over multiple sessions. The list below ranks US tickers by Tapeline composite score — the six factors weighted at exact published percentages — filtered to a minimum score of 65 (top third of the distribution). Sorted by composite descending. The composite is the best summary number for a multi-day setup.
Updated August 4, 2026. 10 stocks currently make today's Swing Traders list (composite 65+ on Tapeline's public 6-factor formula). At the top of the list right now: PEB, ASRV, BLBD, MRK, NWPX — live composites across the list currently range from 82 to 85 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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| # | Ticker | Name | Score | Signal | Price | 1d |
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| 1 | PEB | PEB | 85 | HIGH CONVICTION | $19.39 | +1.52% |
| 2 | ASRV | AmeriServ Financial Inc | 85 | HIGH CONVICTION | $4.63 | +1.31% |
| 3 | BLBD | Blue Bird Corporation Common Stock | 84 | STRONG SETUP | $74.53 | +0.19% |
| 4 | MRK | Merck & Co. | 84 | STRONG SETUP | $127.69 | -1.93% |
| 5 | NWPX | NWPX | 84 | STRONG SETUP | $127.43 | +3.53% |
| 6 | AGM | Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation | 84 | STRONG SETUP | $237.96 | +4.55% |
| 7 | PEBO | PEBO | 83 | STRONG SETUP | $41.74 | +0.19% |
| 8 | CPF | Central Pacific Financial Corporation | 83 | STRONG SETUP | $39.68 | +0.71% |
| 9 | LAUR | Laureate Education, Inc. Common Stock | 82 | STRONG SETUP | $37.63 | -1.77% |
| 10 | ALNT | Allient Inc. Common Stock | 82 | STRONG SETUP | $91.93 | +5.11% |
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 Swing Traders 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 swing traders view, the emphasis is on score + relative strength — 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 swing traders on Tapeline
What's the typical Tapeline score threshold for a swing trade?
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By signal-label convention: STRONG SETUP (70-84) is where the textbook swing setups cluster. HIGH CONVICTION (85-100) is rarer and tends to be late in a move rather than the entry. CONSTRUCTIVE (55-69) is a watchlist tier — adding to your radar without committing capital. Use 65+ as a screening floor; let your own discretion narrow from there.
How is this different from the day-traders list?
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Day traders sort by today's 1-day move; swing traders sort by composite score. Day-trader confluence is intraday and time-decays in hours. Swing-trader confluence is multi-day and time-decays in weeks. Same scoring engine, different sort order — different actionable shape.
Should I use this list or build my own filter?
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Start here, then narrow in /app/scanner. This page is the opinionated view that gives you top 30 candidates without you constructing a filter. The full scanner lets you tighten — minimum trend score, specific sector, signal-label filter, etc. Once a few candidates pass the broader screen here, dig into the per-ticker breakdown to decide which deserve real position size.
What's the public scorecard?
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Every top-10 daily pick gets auto-published at /scorecard with the original composite score, signal label, and one-sentence reasoning. Twenty-four hours later, the next-session realised return vs SPY is appended — no edits, no deletions. It's the public track record so you can see whether the model's high-conviction calls are actually delivering positive alpha over time.
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Snapshot cached hourly. Sub-60s tick during US market hours. Not investment advice — see risk disclosure.