Picking a stock is an important step to stock trading. There are hundred of stocks out there and the choice can drown you. I wrote previous about how to screen stocks here from perspective of various traders; there is even the Mark Minervini trend template you can use to screen stock Again here are ways to screen stock for stock trading using technical analysis. These uses a stock screener Option 1 - EMA price above Option 2 - MACD about to cross signal from below Option 3 - MA 20: moving average about to EMA 13 Option 4 (Mark Minervini Trend Template) - c urrent stock price is trading above the 50-day moving average - 50-day (10-week) moving average is above both the 150-day and 200-day moving averages - price is 30 percent above its 52-week low - current stock price is within at least 25 percent of its 52-week high Option 4 (ABS trading) - MA 20 price is above average - MA 50 moving average below MA 20 - MA 100 moving average ...