Is a 52-week high screener the same as a breakout screener?

No. A new-high list can include an intraday touch or tie. A closing-break screen must define a prior reference high and require a completed close above it. Neither condition alone predicts continuation.

How do I screen for stocks within 5% of a 52-week low?

Use 100 × (price / low - 1) between 0% and 5%, with a positive low and a consistent window. For a low of 80, qualifying prices range from 80 through 84. Pineify's corresponding field uses 252 bars, so select daily data and verify the window.

Are 252 days exactly 52 weeks?

No. 252 trading bars are an approximation for an annual stock window. Calendar weeks, exchange holidays, missing sessions and markets that trade every day produce different boundaries. A 252-bar field also changes its duration when you change the chart interval.

Why can a stock remain on the new-high list after falling?

The session high records an extreme reached earlier in the day. The latest price or completed close can be below it while that high remains valid. Compare the field definition before treating the list and price as contradictory.

TradingView screening workflow

52-week high and low screeners: distance, new extremes and watchlists

A 52-week high screener finds stocks reaching or approaching their trailing yearly high; a 52-week low screener mirrors the rule at the low. Choose whether you want an extreme reached during the session, a close beyond a prior extreme, or a price within a stated percentage of it. These produce different watchlists. TradingView provides high/low lists and native filters. Pineify has signed distances from 252-bar highs and lows, which need a daily timeframe and a window check before comparison.

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Start with the high or low list in TradingView

For U.S. stocks, open the official 52-week high or 52-week low market list linked below. For a controlled universe, open Products > Screeners > Stocks, select the market and exchanges, then search the filters for New High or New Low and select the 52-week period. Keep the two directions as separate screens. Add the price and relevant high/low fields as columns so you can inspect why each symbol matched.

Choose the security type and currency before comparing prices. Different listings of the same company are different instruments.
TradingView distinguishes a bar interval from a trailing date range. A monthly candle high is not the same as the highest daily high over a trailing month.
Its documented new-high rule compares the latest daily high with the period high and includes equality. A tie or intraday wick can therefore qualify without a higher closing price.
Save the settings and a separate dated candidate snapshot. The saved screen will recalculate; it does not freeze the list you saw.

Calculate distance with an explicit denominator

Let P be the observed price, H the highest high and L the lowest low in the chosen window. For positive prices, percentage below the high is 100 × (H - P) / H; percentage above the low is 100 × (P - L) / L. Pineify uses signed distance from the high, 100 × (P / H - 1), so a price 5% below H appears as -5%. The low distance is positive above L. Use the same window and price basis for all three inputs.

Hypothetical USD example: H = 120, L = 80 and P = 114. The high distance is -5%; the low distance is +42.5%. This stock passes the near-high rule and fails the near-low rule.
With the same extremes and P = 84, high distance is -30% and low distance is +5%. This passes the near-low rule exactly. The 5% threshold is illustrative, not an optimized trading parameter.
The rise needed from 114 to reach 120 is 100 × (120 / 114 - 1) = 5.2632%. That uses current price as the denominator, so it differs from being 5% below the high.
Missing extremes or zero denominators make the distance undefined. Do not fill missing readings with zero: zero means price is at the extreme. Use unrounded values for threshold decisions when available.

Illustrative rule	Price condition	Signed distance
Within 5% below the high	0.95 × H ≤ P ≤ H	-5% ≤ high distance ≤ 0%
Within 5% above the low	L ≤ P ≤ 1.05 × L	0% ≤ low distance ≤ 5%
At the high	P = H	High distance = 0%
At the low	P = L	Low distance = 0%

Separate an intraday extreme from a closing break

Suppose the highest price before today was USD 120. Today trades as high as 121 but closes at 118. It made a new intraday high, yet the close did not exceed the prior 120 level. With today included, the high is now 121 and the closing high-distance reading is 100 × (118 / 121 - 1) = -2.4793%. Both observations can be correct.

For a closing-break rule, freeze the reference window before the current session. Comparing the close with a highest high that includes the same bar makes a strict close-above-high test impossible on consistent OHLC data.
The mirror example is a prior low of 80, a session low of 79 and a close of 82. The intraday low is new; the close is back above the prior low. Closing distance from the updated low is +3.7975%.
A live daily close is the latest traded value until the bar completes. Recheck after the regular-session close if your rule requires a closing result. Even that result does not establish that the next session will continue the move.

Question	High-side test	Low-side test
Did the session reach the extreme?	Session high reaches the period high	Session low reaches the period low
Did it strictly exceed the prior extreme?	Session high > prior-window high	Session low < prior-window low
Did it close beyond the prior extreme?	Completed daily close > prior-window high	Completed daily close < prior-window low

Check the window and adjusted price history

Pineify's 252-bar fields count bars on the selected timeframe. At 1D they cover 252 available daily bars; at 1H they cover 252 hourly bars. A trailing 52-week date range, 252 trading bars and 52 weekly candles can have different start points. Holidays, missing sessions and a partial current week matter. For a market trading every day, 252 daily bars are substantially shorter than 52 weeks.

Record whether the current session is included. A high can fall when an old peak leaves the rolling window, even if current price barely changes. A low can rise for the same reason.
For a recent listing or a symbol with gaps, inspect the available history. A populated field alone does not prove a complete year of observations.
Use standard price candles. Record split adjustment and the chart dividend-adjustment setting. TradingView allows dividend-adjusted charts; the screen and chart should not be assumed to share that setting.
Hypothetical 2-for-1 split: an old USD 100 high becomes USD 50 on a consistently split-adjusted basis. A current price of 49 is 2% below 50, but 51% below an unadjusted 100. Mixing those histories creates a false distance.
Match the trading session and feed. Extended-hours prints and different venues can change observed extremes. TradingView documents that its default U.S. stock chart feed can differ from primary-exchange data.

Compare TradingView and Pineify results

Pineify Market Screener exposes Distance from 252-Bar High and Distance from 252-Bar Low as sortable columns. Add supported candidate symbols to a collection, set the collection to 1D and check any per-symbol overrides. Sort the high distance toward zero for near-high candidates, or the low distance from zero upward for near-low candidates, then review your threshold. The table supports symbol search and column sorting; this workflow does not assume a custom numeric-filter builder.

The example row is a calculation check, not a recorded live comparison. Test one passing and one failing symbol, plus a stock with a recent split, before transferring a screen.
If values disagree, compare the reference high and low first, then the observed price and timestamps. Do not change a threshold merely to force the lists to match.
Full Market Screener access starts at Expert. A collection supports up to 100 symbols and 20 indicator columns. Active-collection refresh runs every 60 seconds; upstream snapshots can still be older.
For a custom calendar window, prior-session close rule or limited-symbol table, give those requirements to Pine Script AI Coding Agent. Review and validate the generated script on the intended symbols. Stock Screener does not execute arbitrary Pine code; TradingView Pine Screener is a separate product with its own limits.

Check	TradingView record	Pineify record
Universe	Market, exchange, security type and selected list	Supported exchange-qualified symbols added to the collection
Window	52-week period and native field definition	252 bars; select 1D and inspect history coverage
Condition	New extreme, distance or closing rule	Close distance; zero does not describe an earlier intraday wick
Sign	Read the selected comparison and its denominator	High: negative below H; low: positive above L
Price basis	Feed, session, split and dividend treatment	Verify the snapshot against the matching chart history
Freshness	Observation time, daily bar state and data delay	Snapshot bar time and received time where available; refresh is not a fresh-trade guarantee
Example check	H = 120, L = 80, P = 114	If the same window and prices apply: high -5%, low +42.5%

Keep candidates separate from trade decisions

Retain the symbol, scan time, H, L, price, distance, window and reason for inclusion. At the next review, distinguish a price move from a rolling-window change or revised price history. Keep rejected candidates in the record so a later review does not contain only the stocks that worked.

A new high can reverse after one thin trade; a new low can continue falling. Neither distance measure establishes valuation, liquidity or an entry.
Before any strategy test, specify entries, exits, transaction costs and handling of missing data. This guide supplies a screening workflow, not backtested performance.

Where Pineify fits

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Compare signed 252-bar high and low distances across supported symbols. Use daily snapshots and check the window before comparing a 52-week stock screen.

Also useful: Pine Script AI Coding Agent. Describe a custom window and confirmation rule for a limited-symbol Pine indicator, then inspect and test the generated source.

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Educational information, not investment advice. All numerical examples are hypothetical. A screening match is a research candidate and does not guarantee a profitable trade.

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Last verified: 2026-10-17

Published by Pineify. Pineify is an independent product and is not affiliated with TradingView. Sources support the technical explanations; examples do not establish trading performance.