Combining Positive MACD with Profitability and Small-Cap Filters

Summary

This Chinese equity screening idea selects companies with MACD above zero, nonnegative profit, and market capitalization below a stated ceiling. The positive MACD condition is intended to favor upward price momentum, while profitability and the size limit add basic financial and valuation screens. The accompanying example describes calculating MACD from daily prices, retrieving financial data, and ordering qualifying names by market capitalization.

The document offers rule descriptions and illustrative code, but no backtest, return series, or comparison against a benchmark. It warns that market moves, changes in company fundamentals, and policy shifts can affect results, and that the size filter may exclude promising larger firms. The explanation of “enterprise nature” is vague and does not define a measurable criterion; implementation details also vary across the snippets. The author suggests adding balance-sheet and cash-flow measures or other indicators, while noting that the screening rules require broader analysis.

Key ideas

• The screen requires MACD above zero, nonnegative profits, and market capitalization below a ceiling.
• MACD is used as a price-trend filter, while profitability adds a basic fundamental condition.
• The document illustrates fetching market and financial data but reports no strategy performance.
• Market, company, and policy changes may undermine the screening assumptions.
• The meaning of the stated enterprise-type condition is not clearly operationalized.

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