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If the Opening Reversal Trade Scanner answers “how far did this move from normal,” Short Reversion answers a different question once the early volatility settles down: is this stock trading above every timeframe's moving average at once? That single word — “every” — is the whole mechanism, and it's worth understanding exactly what it checks.
The benchmark: a seven-timeframe 50SMA stack
The scanner tracks a 50-period simple moving average independently on seven timeframes: 1-minute, 5-minute, 15-minute, 60-minute, daily, weekly, and monthly. On each one, it checks a single yes/no question — is price currently above that timeframe's 50SMA? A stock only earns the “Above All” label used on the site's FAQ when the answer is yes on all seven at the same time.
Each dot is price relative to that timeframe's own 50-period moving average. “Above All” requires every row to check out at once, not just one or two.
Why seven timeframes, not one
A stock crosses above and below its own 1-minute 50SMA constantly over the course of a session — that crossing, on its own, doesn't mean much. Requiring agreement across all seven timeframes at once is a much higher bar: it means the extension isn't just short-term noise, it shows up on the daily, weekly, and monthly view too. That's a narrower, rarer condition, and it's the condition Short Reversion is built to shortlist: names flagged by the scanner’s 50-period average filter on every tracked timeframe. It says nothing about which way.
Key takeaway: “Above All” isn't one signal, it's seven agreeing at once. That's what makes it a meaningfully different bar than any single timeframe crossing above its own average.
The Flip column
On the dashboard, Flip counts how many times a ticker has switched between passing and failing this setup during the trading day. Passing means flagged by the scanner’s 50-period average filter on every tracked timeframe. A low count means the stock has held the full stack steadily. A high count means it keeps slipping in and out, which is worth extra care on the chart.
What this tells you, and what it doesn't
A full seven-timeframe stack means a stock is broadly extended right now, across every window the scanner tracks. It doesn't mean a pullback is imminent, and it doesn't mean the extension is unjustified — some of the time a fully-stacked stock is in the early stage of a genuine trend change rather than a temporary overextension (see the theory article below for why that distinction matters). The stack tells you where to look. What happens next is, as always, a judgment call for your own chart.
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