# Spot opportunities

## Overview

You can ask Obside to **scan the market** and identify assets matching your criteria — fundamental, technical, macroeconomic or sectoral. It's useful to prepare a shortlist, spot weak signals, or refine your selection before opening a position.

## How to phrase your request

Describe the **selection criteria** (asset universe, technical filters, financial ratios, sectors, geography…) and, when relevant, **the context you're looking for** (breakout, reversal, momentum, undervaluation…).

## Example requests

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**Example #1 — Short candidates**

"Find European stocks with declining YoY revenue, P/E above 30 and debt/EBITDA above 4."
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**Example #2 — Beat & cheap**

"Find stocks that beat earnings this week and whose P/E is below the sector average."
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**Example #3 — Undervalued stocks**

"Find European stocks with a P/E below 12 and a dividend yield above 3%."
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Once you have the shortlist, you can chain it with a [smart alert](/obside-chat/get-alerted/create-a-smart-alert.md) on those assets, or jump directly to creating a [trading bot](/obside-chat/automate-your-trading/create-a-trading-bot.md) targeting that shortlist.
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