A stock trades sideways when its price stays in a narrow range for a while, without a clear trend up or down. The Sideways scanner lists U.S. and Canadian stocks whose closes stayed within 15% over the last 14, 30, 90, 180 or 365 days, with the top and bottom of that range.
Many traders watch these ranges for the moment the stock leaves them. The Breakouts scanner lists the stocks that just did.
| Stock | Range low | Range high | Spread | Close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT Microsoft Corporation | $480.35 | $543.45 | 13.1% | $507.12 |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | $329.58 | $365.18 | 10.8% | $340.58 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | $248.61 | $278.43 | 12.0% | $270.56 |
| KO The Coca-Cola Company | $85.65 | $95.83 | 11.9% | $95.83 |
| PM Philip Morris International Inc. | $182.53 | $208.79 | 14.4% | $208.29 |
| RY Royal Bank of Canada | $190.56 | $216.56 | 13.6% | $204.57 |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Company | $80.05 | $90.29 | 12.8% | $85.89 |
| MUFG Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,... | $21.07 | $24.13 | 14.5% | $21.45 |
| LIN Linde plc | $457.50 | $519.72 | 13.6% | $519.72 |
| TM Toyota Motor Corporation | $181.49 | $199.87 | 10.1% | $195.83 |
End-of-day data from the last session. Sign up to see the full list, filter it and look further back.
The stock moves within a narrow band, between a level it doesn't break below (support) and one it doesn't break above (resistance).
It takes the highest and lowest close over the period. When the highest close is no more than 15% above the lowest, the stock is trading sideways.
Eventually the stock breaks out above the range or breaks down below it. The longer and tighter the range, the more attention the break tends to get.
Every trading day, overnight after the close.