Day Trading Stock Picks For This Week - Tuesday, August 22

Day trading stock picks likely to move big (up or down) during the week of August 22: HTZ, CBI, OAS, SNAP, NBR, ENDP, SWN, CLF, AKS, plus several others.

Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ)

Average day range (30) is 8.7% and average volume (30) is 12.2 million.

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CBI Bridge and Iron (CBI)

Average day range (30) is 5.7% and average volume (30) is 5.7 million.

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Oasis Petroleum (OAS)

Average day range (30) is 5.51% and average volume (30) is 9.2 million.

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 Snap Inc. (SNAP)

Average day range (30) is 5.19% and average volume (30) is 33 million.

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Nabors Industries (NBR)

Average day range (30) is 5.01% and average volume (30) is 8 million.

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Endo Pharmaceuticals (ENDP)

Average day range (30) is 5.01% and average volume (30) is 7.1 million.

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Southwestern Energy (SWN)

Average day range (30) is 4.77% and average volume (30) is 16.6 million.

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Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF)

Average day range (30) is 4.71% and average volume (30) is 11.8 million.

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AK Steel (AKS)

Average day range (30) is 4.65% and average volume (30) is 20.7 million.

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AMD and MOMO dropped off the list, as their average volatility/daily movement has dropped slightly below 5% per day.

Other Good Day Trading Stocks and ETFs

Another option is to look for stocks with large daily moves in dollar terms (for example, the price typically moves $1.50 a day and does at least 5 million in volume). This type of screen also tends to produce stocks that provide ample volatility for trading the intraday price moves.These stocks are typically higher priced or have experienced a recent price shock. Average True Range is a common indicator that measures daily average movement (in dollars):

Nvidia (NVDA): ATR (14) is $5.91 and Average Volume (30) is 18.7 million.

Inverse VIX ETF (XIV): ATR (14) is $5.38 and Average Volume (30) is 13.1 million.

AliBaba Group (BABA): ATR (14) is $4.54 and Average Volume (30) is 17.3 million.

Apple (AAPL): ATR (14) is $3.41 and Average Volume (30) is 26.1 million.

2x VIX ETN (TVIX): ATR (14) is $2.46 and Average Volume (30) is 14.8 million.

Facebook (FB): ATR (14) is $2.43 and Average Volume (30) is 18.5 million.

JD.com (JD): ATR (14) is $1.65 and Average Volume (30) is 12.1 million

Additionally, the stocks and ETFs below typically move enough to create tradable intra-day trends, have ample volume but aren’t quite as volatile as the stocks above.

S&P 500 SPDR ETF (SPY)

Bank of America (BAC)

PowerShares QQQ (QQQ)