The best stocks under $40 to buy today depend on today’s chart. I’m a trader, not an investor. I don’t care if a stock is “overvalued” or “undervalued” — I’m watching the stocks grabbing the market’s attention and planning quick trades that leave ME in control.
The best traders watch more stocks than they trade. That’s essential for getting to know the charts of these stocks — these charts will give you valuable info about their future moves. If you study the patterns these stocks follow, you can find opportunities for the kind of small gains that can grow a small account fast.
Today I’ll show you how to build a watchlist for stocks under $40. Read on for the results!
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What Are the Best Stocks to Buy Under $40 in September 2024?
To find the best stocks to buy under $40 in September 2024 requires a top-level stock screener. I use the one in StocksToTrade — I helped design it, so it has all the tools and customizations I look for to create my stock watchlists.
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To find watch-worthy stocks under $40, I input the following criteria:
- Last Price ≤ $40
- Last Price ≥ $20
- Volume ≥ 50,000
When I run this screen in September 2024 and sort by percent change, it gives me the following top results:
Best Stocks Under $40 to Buy in September 2024
The best stocks under $40 in September 2024 are:
- AST Space Mobile Inc. [NASDAQ: ASTS]
- Tradr 1.5X Short NVDA Daily ETF [NASDAQ: NVDS]
- Foot Locker Inc. [NYSE: FL]
- GameStop Corporation [NYSE: GME]
- Cassava Sciences Inc. [NASDAQ: SAVA]
This is a watchlist — not a “buy list.”
I’m sharing this so you can see my process. If you want to see more NO-COST watchlists, you can sign up for my weekly watchlist here.
Read on for the best stocks that I’m watching today!
AST Space Mobile Inc. [NASDAQ: ASTS]
AST SpaceMobile Inc is a satellite designer and manufacturer. The company is building the global cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on extensive IP and patent portfolio. AST is on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected.
Tradr 1.5X Short NVDA Daily ETF [NASDAQ: NVDS]
The AXS 1.25X NVDA Bear Daily ETF seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to one and a quarter times the inverse (-125%) of the daily performance of the common shares of NVIDIA Corporation. The Fund will maintain at least 80 percent exposure to financial instruments that provide one and a quarter times inverse leveraged exposure to the daily performance of NVDA. The Fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to achieve on a daily basis, before fees and expenses, -125% performance of NVDA for a single day, not for any other period, by entering into one or more swap agreements on NVDA. A single day is measured from the time the Fund calculates its net asset value (NAV) to the time of the Funds next NAV calculation.
Foot Locker Inc. [NYSE: FL]
Foot Locker Inc operates thousands of retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. It also has one franchisee in the Middle East and one in South Korea, each of which operates multiple stores in those regions. The company mainly sells athletically inspired shoes and apparel. Foot Locker’s merchandise comes from only a few suppliers, with Nike providing the majority. Store names include Foot Locker, Champs, and Runners Point. The company also has an e-commerce business selling through Footlocker.com, Eastbay, and Final-Score.
GameStop Corporation [NYSE: GME]
GameStop Corp is a U.S. multichannel video game, consumer electronics, and services retailer. The company operates across Europe, Canada, Australia, and the United States. GameStop sells new and second-hand video game hardware, physical and digital video game software, and video game accessories, mainly through GameStop, EB Games, and Micromania stores and international e-commerce sites, including www.gamestop.com, www.ebgames.com.au, and www.micromania.fr. The company has two main business segments: Video game brands and Technology brands. The technology brands segment sells wireless products and services and operates Spring Mobile managed AT&T and Cricket Wireless branded stores, along with the Simply Mac business.
Cassava Sciences Inc. [NASDAQ: SAVA]
Cassava Sciences Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing a scientific approach for the treatment and detection of Alzheimer’s disease. Its therapeutic product candidate is called simufilam, and it is a novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease; and investigational diagnostic product candidate is called SavaDx, and it is a novel way to detect the presence of Alzheimer’s disease from a small sample of blood, possibly years before the overt appearance of clinical symptoms.
Which Is the Cheapest High-Potential Stock to Buy Right Now?
To find the cheapest high-potential stocks, you have to study their charts.
Take a look at the 1-year chart for Clean Vision Corp. [OTCPK: CLNV]:
See how many 100% spikes this stock had in the past year? Each one of these spikes was a trading opportunity — that’s the way I’ve made over $8,000 in total earnings trading this stock (click the link to see my individual trades).
However, that’s not a recommendation to “buy” this stock. See how it drops after every spike?
CLNV follows my 7-step pennystocking framework perfectly. This framework isn’t just for penny stocks though… You can also see its patterns play out in higher priced stocks like Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA).
This is the chart you have to commit to memory:
Remember this chart well, its the basis for my 7-step framework, @30DayBoot & @completepenny & you must study not to fall prey to greed/ignorance or you'll get wrecked like 90% of traders. It's VITAL to sell into excessive strength/hype, do not just hold & hope like most newbies pic.twitter.com/QsAGHsI6lp
— Timothy Sykes (@timothysykes) February 28, 2021
Stocks Under $40 FAQs
Just because a stock trades for under $40 doesn’t make it cheap. Read on for some more questions you might be asking…
Where can one find the list of companies’ stocks under $40?
Get a powerful stock screener like the one in StocksToTrade, and start building parameters. When I’m looking for tradable stocks under $40, I want their volume to be great enough for the stock to be liquid. This way I can enter and exit a position more easily.
What are high-volume stocks under $40?
A stock under $40 needs high volume for me to trade it. When I’m building my stock scan, I’ll typically look for stocks that have traded over 1 million shares so far that day.
The scanner I’m using in this article is set to look for stocks that have traded more than 50,000 shares. This will help you identify watch-worthy stocks — even if you’re looking in pre-market.
What are some great stocks under $40 for selling calls and puts?
I don’t trade options, but my former student Mark Croock has made more than $4 million mostly with this strategy! He’s done this by adapting my penny stock strategies to the world of options… If you’re interested in learning his risk-informed approach, check out “The Ultimate Options Trading Blueprint For Small Accounts” — it’s no cost for a limited time!
What is Tim Sykes’ favorite stock under $40?
I don’t have a “favorite” stock under $40 — I mostly trade penny stocks, which trade under $5. However, penny stocks will often run above the $5 range, which happened with the SPAC stock Ocean Biomedical Inc. (NASDAQ: OCEA). It still moved like a penny stock, so I was able to use my penny stock strategies in trading it… I made $517 in four conservative trades (click the link to see my individual trades).
What are the best stocks to buy under $40 that pay dividends?
I wouldn’t recommend any stocks to buy under $40 that pay dividends, or any dividend stocks at all. You have to hold stocks through their dividend date to receive payouts, and I am more of a trader than an investor. Dividend stocks are traditionally seen as less risky to hold than other stocks — but I think that every stock is risky to hold.
Plus, dividend stocks give away some of the value that would otherwise add to their share price. That means they see less growth than non-dividend stocks, which doesn’t make them great for trading either.