This Best Day Trading Stocks List is for the week of April 20, 2026.
These are the best stocks for day trading this week, based on several scanning methods. This page is updated weekly, before the Monday open.
The stocks discussed provide ample trading opportunities throughout the week.
There are a few different lists to suit different trading styles:
- High Volatility (%) Day Trading Stocks: US stocks that move a lot every day, in percentage terms (5%+).
- Big Dollar Movement Day Trading Stocks: US stocks that move a lot every day, in dollar terms ($2+).
- Best Mid-Priced Day Trading Stocks: US mid-priced stocks with loads of volume and at least moderate (3%+) intraday movement.
- Finding Today’s Big Movers: US stocks moving big today (I’ll show you how to find them)
- Best Canadian Day Trading Stocks: The best Canadian day trading stocks, based on a combination of volume and daily percentage movement.
For ideas on how to trade the stocks listed on this page, see How to Day Trade Stocks with a Trend Strategy. The article provides details on day trading in general, stop losses, position sizing, when not to trade, and some entry and exit methods.
Below are summary lists of the best U.S. day trading stocks for the week of April 20, 2026.
Pick one to four of these stocks and trade them all week. I recommend reviewing each stock on the list before the week starts. Look at the price action on the timeframe you trade. Pick the stocks that fit your strategy best—that provide nice triggers and act well based on the patterns you trade. Don’t just randomly pick a stock because it has the most movement or volume. Pick stocks that move in alignment with your strategy. For charting, I use TradingView charts.
Best High Volatility Stocks for Day Trading
The following list is a sample of day-trading stocks that tend to move by more than 5% per day (long-term average). This means you don’t need to look around every morning for something new to trade. You know that these stocks are likely to move big each day.
These stocks also have high daily average volume.
The high-percentage movers tend to be lower-priced stocks. The list below includes stocks priced between $6 and $35 (with occasional exceptions).
Average Day Range % only averages the difference between daily highs and lows, no gaps. This statistic is key for day traders, as it measures only intraday movement, which most day traders are interested in.
| Symbol | Company Name | Avg. Volume (30) | Avg. Day Range % (30) | Avg. Range 9:30-11:30 am Eastern* Via Edgeful |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSLY | Fastly | 14M | 10.85% | 10.37% |
| UAMY | United States Antimony | 13M | 10.55% | 7.66% |
| LUNR | Intuitive Machines | 15M | 10.54% | 9.51% |
| IBRX | ImmunityBio | 22M | 9.46% | 8.25% |
| EOSE | Eos Energy | 23M | 9.35% | 7.7% |
| RDW | Redwire | 19M | 9.09% | |
| NVTS | Navitas Semiconductor | 22M | 8.77% | 6.04% |
| ONDS | Ondas | 74M | 8.74% | 5.89% |
| HIMS | Hims & Hers | 42M | 8.25%% | 5.14% |
| USAR | USA Rare Earth | 12M | 8.14% |
*Avg. price range during the time of day when most day traders are active. One-month average.
Want to see the minimum, maximum, and average movement of these stocks (or others) during your specific trading hours? Edgeful shows you the customized data. For example, you can see how much the price moves between 930 and 1130, or 10 to 11, and then further filter by weekday. Such data can help maximize profits/targets while still keeping them feasible, based on the specific hours you trade.
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Best Consistently Big Dollar Movement Day Trading Stocks
The following list is a sample of day-trading stocks that tend to move more than $3 per day, are priced below $400, and have ample volume. They must also move at least 2% intraday (between daily high and low) on average. Pick one to four and trade them all week.
They are ranked by average day range % (dollar movement divided by stock price).
| Symbol | Company Name | Avg. Volume (30) | Avg. Day Range % (30) | Avg. Day Range $ (30) | Avg. Range 9:30-11:30 am Eastern Via Edgeful |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IREN | Iren | 33M | 7.45% | $2.95 | 6.13% |
| MU | Micron Technology | 48M | 5.84% | $23.33 | 4.84% |
| INTC | Intel | 100M | 5.49% | $2.78 | 4.61% |
| HOOD | Robinhood Markets | 30M | 4.77% | $3.54 | 4.3% |
| PLTR | Palantir Technologies | 49M | 4.56% | $6.68 | 3.87% |
| ORCL | Oracle | 31M | 4.31% | $6.59 | 3.57% |
| TSLA | Tesla | 66M | 3.45% | $12.95 | 2.84% |
| NVDA | NVIDIA | 167M | 2.54% | $4.59 | 1.95% |
Best Mid-Priced Stocks for Day Trading
This section is for stocks priced between $20 and $60 with at least 20 million in daily average volume.
If I don’t like how other stocks are moving, because spreads are too large, or the movement is choppy, I will often trade one of these for multiple weeks. These are essentially the ones that fall through the cracks in the other scans, since the % scan generally finds more lower-priced stocks, while the $ scan produces more higher-priced stocks.
| Symbol | Company Name | Avg Volume (30) | Avg Day Range (30) | Avg. Range 9:30-11:30 am Eastern Via Edgeful |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WULF | Terawulf | 32M | 7.84% | 6.16% |
| APLD | Applied Digital | 20M | 7.64% | 6.25% |
| QBTS | D-Wave Quantum | 27M | 7.2% | 6.18% |
| IONQ | Ionq | 25M | 6.97% | 5.92% |
| BMNR | Bitmine Immersion | 47M | 5.82% | 4.34% |
| SMCI | Super Micro Computer | 41M | 5.78% | 4.83% |
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Best Stocks for Day Trading – Finding Today’s Big Movers
If you want a daily updated list of stocks to day trade that are making the biggest moves each day, you can do that with TradingView. Then, run a scan before the market opens and during the day.
The following video looks at how to find stocks on the move right now, whether in the pre-market or after the open.
How to Scan For Day Trading Stocks That are Making Big Moves Today provides more details on this daily scanning approach.
Best Canadian Day Trading Stocks This Week
Canadian stocks tend to have lower volume than US stocks. Even the stocks below are pretty low volume for day trading. The US stocks discussed above all average 8M per day or more.
This scan only includes stocks with average volume over 1.5M and a price above $5 (or close to it) that move at least 2% per day.
Best Canadian Day Trading Stocks for the Week of April 20, 2026, based on daily average movement and volume. Canadian data provided by ChartMill.
| Company & Ticker | Average Daily Volume (50) | Average Day Range (20) |
| Americas Gold and Silver (USA.TO) | 2.11M | 6.87% |
| Kraken Robotics (PNG.TO) | 1.79M | 6.51% |
| Discovery Silver (DSV.TO) | 3.13M | 5.09% |
| Athabasca Oil (VET.TO) | 3.14M | 4.5% |
| Nexgen Energy (NXE.TO) | 2.15M | 4.34% |
| Capstone Copper (CS.TO) | 5.13M | 3.98% |
| Cenovous (CVE.TO) | 9.81M | 3.6% |
| Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ.TO) | 18.98M | 3.28% |
Happy Day Trading!
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