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Weekly Practice Picks

I'm going to start practicing the art of picking stocks. Every week I'll use a simple screener and pick out 3 stocks I like. Then I'll track the performance of those 3 stocks against the rest in the screener and see if they outperformed after one month.

Here's there screener setup I've chosen:
Market cap: +$2B
Select larger companies so they're not as volatile.
Dividend Yield: Over 5%
I like dividend stocks because even if it doesn't increase in value, I still get paid dividends.
Price: Over $20
I feel more comfortable trading over $20 because they seem to be less volatile.
P/E: Under 20
I look for lower price to earnings ratios as I don't want to pay for something that's overpriced.
Analyst Recommendation: Buy or Better 
This is just to make sure that I'm in the same direction as most people who listen to analysts.
EPS growth: Positive
I like companies that are growing their earnings and project to grow next year as well.
Current volume: Over 500K 
Opting for higher volumes to reduce volatility.

Here's what I ended up with:
No.TickerCompanyP/EDividendPerf WeekPerf MonthSMA50SMA200RecomPriceChangeVolumeTarget Price
1BPBP p.l.c.14.065.97%0.44%0.37%-1.21%-2.14%2.5041.21-0.17%4,340,43650.08
2DOWDow Inc.10.045.63%0.81%-5.30%-1.52%-4.55%2.2049.714.04%4,313,31960.62
3EPDEnterprise Products Partners L.P.14.855.72%4.05%5.56%6.33%9.44%1.5030.570.16%3,090,06034.04
4EQNREquinor ASA8.435.16%1.46%4.24%-0.29%-11.47%2.3020.14-1.47%1,229,49725.74
5KSSKohl's Corporation10.155.50%0.89%1.54%-9.26%-25.72%2.4048.711.23%2,854,85162.19
6MMPMagellan Midstream Partners, L.P.11.326.10%1.63%4.52%5.34%6.75%2.4065.90-0.18%671,69068.45
7MOAltria Group, Inc.14.686.46%1.48%-4.05%-2.30%-8.00%2.5049.500.49%6,056,98458.73
8MPLXMPLX LP14.148.11%-0.28%3.74%2.60%-1.61%1.8032.420.15%1,324,99938.83
9PACWPacWest Bancorp10.206.38%-2.99%-1.39%-1.75%-4.36%2.2037.590.32%1,049,83143.27
10PMPhilip Morris International Inc.16.495.57%2.21%6.06%1.20%-0.28%2.2081.890.78%4,242,17094.06
11RDS-ARoyal Dutch Shell plc11.525.78%0.73%2.47%1.68%3.52%1.4065.06-0.49%1,031,80481.13
12RDS-BRoyal Dutch Shell plc11.565.74%0.58%1.79%0.94%1.83%1.3065.45-0.59%679,61181.75
13SIXSix Flags Entertainment Corporation17.216.07%1.67%4.95%3.74%-3.77%2.0054.07-0.18%784,20458.82
14TAT&T Inc.13.076.06%-1.90%4.57%4.84%7.87%2.3033.650.57%23,250,51133.50
15TOTTOTAL S.A.13.005.05%1.95%6.89%4.35%0.68%1.2056.450.04%2,183,28172.25
16VICIVICI Properties Inc.15.185.16%-0.22%-0.71%-0.61%3.43%1.9022.270.86%7,006,93126.00

To identify my picks, I'm simply going to look for stocks that are showing divergence and then will dig in further.

Here are the ones I've found showing divergence:
BP https://www.tradingview.com/x/sEvWl3z5/
MO https://www.tradingview.com/x/i0612kF1/

Analysis on MO
https://www.tradingview.com/x/9wJxSmKw/
https://www.tradingview.com/x/66L8j1YE/
https://www.tradingview.com/x/90C954k5/
https://www.tradingview.com/x/8KaPB4ru/

Analysis on BP
https://www.tradingview.com/x/4K6zJQhZ/
https://www.tradingview.com/x/hAau7U43/
https://www.tradingview.com/x/1EicJBDl/
https://www.tradingview.com/x/tu8S4oKY/

Based on my analysis, it looks like MO has a good chance of moving up in the next month while BP is going down. 

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