Combining Institutional Buying, Weekly MACD, and Dividend Filters

Summary

The post proposes a stock screen that combines a recent increase in institutional buying, weekly MACD above its zero line, and a high historical dividend payout ratio. It interprets the buying measure as evidence of institutional interest, weekly MACD as a bullish trend condition, and the payout measure as a shareholder-return signal. It also suggests expanding the screen with valuation measures, other MACD time frames, policy conditions, and industry growth characteristics.

The final selection logic adds low price-to-earnings and price-to-book thresholds plus positive policy and growth-industry filters. The post identifies possible overvaluation as a risk for each original signal, but provides no backtest results, definitions for the data fields, or detailed rules for combining qualitative policy and industry judgments. Its code example is truncated, so it does not establish a reproducible implementation or demonstrate that the proposed filters improve returns.

Key ideas

• The initial screen combines institutional buying, a weekly MACD condition, and a historical dividend payout filter.
• The proposed expanded screen adds valuation thresholds and favorable policy and industry assessments.
• The post warns that institutional buying, bullish momentum, and large dividends can still coincide with overvalued stocks.
• No complete implementation or performance evidence is provided, so the proposed screen remains unvalidated.

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