Screening Chinese Stocks for Range and Institutional Buying Signals

Summary

This document proposes selecting Chinese stocks with a minimum amplitude, more than a year of listing history, and signs of institutional buying. The indicator example combines a recent price-change measure, a five-period money-flow sum, a ranked money-composition measure, and closing prices above short- and longer-term moving averages. The Python example also filters for selected exchange listings and checks price movement, recent flow, and a reported net inflow measure.

The author notes that institutional buying expectations may not match actual flows and that money-flow signals alone do not account for company fundamentals, industry conditions, or macroeconomic factors. Suggested improvements include adding technical and valuation measures, volatility or risk-return controls, and checking whether institutional holdings or flows are stable. No performance test is presented. The examples do not consistently implement every stated condition: the Python sample does not visibly enforce the one-year listing requirement, and its inputs and calculation windows differ from parts of the formula description.

Key ideas

• The proposed screen combines a price-amplitude condition with indicators intended to identify institutional buying.
• The formula uses price change, money flow, a ranked money measure, and moving-average filters.
• The Python example adds market-listing and net-inflow checks but does not clearly implement the stated listing-age filter.
• Institutional flow signals can fail to predict subsequent buying or support from company performance.
• No backtest or profitability evidence is supplied.

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