How to find stocks near 52-week highs with Claude or ChatGPT

A 52-week high is the highest price a stock reached over about a year. Your AI agent can find closes near it on higher volume than usual.

The rule Monk.trade uses: a close at or within 2% of the highest price in 252 sessions, on volume above the prior 20-session average. Keep common stock averaging at least $20M traded a day over those prior 20 sessions.

Your app writes this MonkQL from the prompt. Each line does one thing.

1. from stocks

   Scan every active US stock.

2. include type == "common" and sma(close * volume, 20)[1] >= 2e7

   Keep common stock averaging at least $20M traded a day over the prior 20 sessions.

3. where close >= 0.98 * highest(high, 252) and volume > sma(volume, 20)[1]

   Keep closes within 2% of the highest price in 252 sessions, on volume above the prior 20-session average.

4. show close as close_price, highest(high, 252) as year_high, 100 * (close / highest(high, 252) - 1) as from_high_pct unit percent, volume / sma(volume, 20)[1] as vol_ratio

   Show the close, yearly high, percentage below it and volume compared with that average.

5. sort vol_ratio desc

   Most volume compared with usual first.

6. take 5

   The five largest.

• New 52-week closing high

  “Using Monk.trade, which stocks set a new 52-week closing high on above-average volume? Keep common stock averaging at least $20M traded a day.”

  from stocks
  include type == "common" and sma(close * volume, 20)[1] >= 2e7
  where close > highest(close, 252)[1] and volume > sma(volume, 20)[1]
  show close as close_price, highest(high, 252) as year_high, 100 * (close / highest(high, 252) - 1) as from_high_pct unit percent, volume / sma(volume, 20)[1] as vol_ratio
  sort vol_ratio desc
  take 5
  

• Twice the usual volume

  “Using Monk.trade, which stocks closed within 2% of a 52-week high on at least twice their usual volume? Keep common stock averaging at least $20M traded a day.”

  from stocks
  include type == "common" and sma(close * volume, 20)[1] >= 2e7
  where close >= 0.98 * highest(high, 252) and volume >= 2 * sma(volume, 20)[1]
  show close as close_price, highest(high, 252) as year_high, 100 * (close / highest(high, 252) - 1) as from_high_pct unit percent, volume / sma(volume, 20)[1] as vol_ratio
  sort vol_ratio desc
  take 5
  

30 stocks matched; 103 had too little price history to check. Run 01a17f13-f30e-7720-adff-f0f627f62d7c

• 252 trading days stand in for 52 weeks; the highest price reached can differ from the highest closing price.
• Prices and volume account for stock splits.
• The scan leaves out thinly traded stocks, and newer listings may lack enough history.
• Heavy volume near a high does not predict the next move.