How we pick

The list is built by the same mechanical rules every day. Nothing is added by hand and nothing is left out by opinion.

The universe

US-listed common stocks with a market cap of $2 billion or more. Large caps only, because they are liquid and widely followed. We exclude ETFs, ADRs, closed-end funds, indexes, commodities, crypto and forex.

New 52-week highs

A stock makes the list when it closed at or near a new 52-week high that day. We rank the names by market cap, largest first, and show the close, the change versus the close one month earlier, and the industry.

Setting up

A stock is "setting up" when it closed within 3% of a prior 52-week high, and that high was set at least two weeks ago. These are the names sitting just below a level the market has respected before. Some move through it; many do not.

What the list is not

It is a record of what happened at the close, not a forecast. A new high is a fact about the past. Most setups fail. We do not know your situation, we do not give personal advice, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell anything. For education only, not a recommendation.

Where the numbers come from

Closing prices, 52-week highs and market caps come from our end-of-day market data. The latest issue, for Tuesday, October 27, 2026, had 43 new highs and 51 setups. Every issue is kept in the daily archive.