Looking For Action? Most Volatile Stocks

For traders with a more short-term time horizon, we have compiled a list of the S&P 1500 stocks that have the largest intraday high-low ranges (based on the average percent spread between the intraday high and low over the last fifty days).  We then grouped the stocks based on whether they have a rising or falling 50-day moving average.  Stocks highlighted in gray are new to the list this month.

This month, only one of the stocks (Lithia Motors- LAD) making the list has a rising 50-day moving average, and would you believe it's related to the auto industry?  All of the other stocks have declining 50-day moving averages, and as has been the case for much of 2008, the most volatile stocks have been centered in the Consumer Discretionary and Financial sectors.

 

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