Most Volatile Stocks
Stocks with the widest 52-week trading range relative to their current price. High beta names that swing hard in both directions.
200 stocks
Updated Nov 7, 2026
+3.54%
Avg Change
$68.14
Avg Price
$1.40 – $835.06
Price Range
$1,377.41T
Total Market Cap
The most volatile stocks are those experiencing the largest price swings relative to their average. Volatility measures the degree of price variation over time — highly volatile stocks can move 5-10% or more in a single day, creating both significant profit opportunities and substantial risks.
Volatile stocks are typically found among small-cap companies, biotech firms, meme stocks, and companies undergoing major transitions or facing uncertain catalysts. Traders are drawn to volatile stocks for the potential of quick profits, while conservative investors generally avoid them due to the higher risk of large drawdowns.
This list ranks stocks by recent price volatility, identifying the most active movers in the market. Data includes current prices, daily changes, and market caps updated throughout the trading day.
| # | Symbol | Name | Price | Range % | 52W High | 52W Low | Change % | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MGRT | Mega Fortune Co Ltd | $118.63 | 4,107.9% | $170.00 | $4.04 | -1.07% | 1.62B |
| 2 | APAD | A Paradise Acquisition - A | $7.19 | 2,124.0% | $140.00 | $6.30 | +1.13% | 2.23B |
| 3 | EMAT | Evolution Metals & Technolog | $1.96 | 1,781.6% | $24.09 | $1.28 | +2.62% | 1.23B |
| 4 | AXTI | Axt Inc | $48.20 | 1,733.0% | $143.16 | $7.81 | -12.46% | 2.48B |
| 5 | AGL | Agilon Health Inc | $112.19 | 1,678.6% | $133.04 | $7.48 | +16.59% | 1.90B |
| 6 | RGC | Regencell Bioscience Holding | $5.27 | 1,429.9% | $69.00 | $4.51 | +0.00% | 2.61B |
| 7 | REPL | Replimune Group Inc | $17.61 | 1,317.3% | $21.26 | $1.50 | +1.27% | 2.00B |
| 8 | SNDK | Sandisk Corp | $835.06 | 1,186.6% | $2,354.39 | $183.00 | +3.55% | 114.75B |
| 9 | AAOI | Applied Optoelectronics Inc | $50.13 | 1,163.1% | $233.67 | $18.50 | +6.91% | 3.98B |
| 10 | MRNA | Moderna Inc | $254.19 | 1,071.5% | $261.00 | $22.28 | +5.27% | 105.54B |
| 11 | ERAS | Erasca Inc | $14.41 | 1,053.4% | $24.28 | $2.11 | +8.59% | 5.04B |
| 12 | SLS | Sellas Life Sciences Group I | $7.88 | 1,042.2% | $15.88 | $1.39 | -13.79% | 1.61B |
| 13 | XXI | Twenty One Capital Inc-Cl A | $5.48 | 965.1% | $59.75 | $5.61 | +2.62% | 4.84B |
| 14 | MXL | Maxlinear Inc | $67.47 | 904.7% | $128.30 | $12.77 | -5.78% | 4.27B |
| 15 | CAR | Avis Budget Group Inc | $118.83 | 886.2% | $847.70 | $85.96 | -1.34% | 4.25B |
| 16 | TWST | Twist Bioscience Corp | $120.79 | 843.0% | $219.71 | $23.30 | +0.15% | 7.69B |
| 17 | SMR | Nuscale Power Corp | $5.00 | 820.4% | $39.35 | $4.28 | +14.42% | 2.18B |
| 18 | IOVA | Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc | $8.04 | 773.3% | $15.37 | $1.76 | +3.88% | 3.62B |
| 19 | HYMC | Hycroft Mining Holding Co-A | $18.74 | 730.7% | $58.73 | $7.07 | +10.11% | 1.73B |
| 20 | CYCN | Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc | $30.56 | 725.6% | $59.36 | $7.19 | -4.38% | 1.55B |
| 21 | CTVA | Corteva Inc | $11.90 | 709.0% | $90.97 | $11.25 | -1.16% | 8.01B |
| 22 | ICHR | Ichor Holdings Ltd | $38.90 | 707.8% | $113.58 | $14.06 | -8.32% | 1.14B |
| 23 | TXG | 10X Genomics Inc-Class A | $58.91 | 703.2% | $102.81 | $12.80 | +1.46% | 7.28B |
| 24 | AEHR | Aehr Test Systems | $60.84 | 688.2% | $147.40 | $18.70 | -6.56% | 1.70B |
| 25 | WLAC | Willow Lane Acquisition-Cl A | $5.69 | 677.8% | $42.00 | $5.40 | -14.37% | 1.36B |
| 26 | GLTO | Galecto Inc | $22.41 | 674.2% | $38.33 | $4.95 | -1.93% | 1.73B |
| 27 | LCID | Lucid Group Inc | $3.29 | 663.7% | $18.10 | $2.37 | +10.40% | 1.26B |
| 28 | FBRX | Forte Biosciences Inc | $76.99 | 649.5% | $77.20 | $10.30 | +0.03% | 1.63B |
| 29 | MAAS | Maase Inc-A | $10.18 | 609.4% | $24.90 | $3.51 | -3.78% | 4.68B |
| 30 | UCTT | Ultra Clean Holdings Inc | $41.31 | 571.1% | $144.22 | $21.49 | +11.05% | 1.76B |
| 31 | OKLO | Oklo Inc | $23.55 | 566.0% | $123.44 | $18.54 | +22.66% | 4.38B |
| 32 | UWMC | Uwm Holdings Corp | $1.52 | 561.1% | $6.15 | $0.93 | -6.75% | 2.50B |
| 33 | KOD | Kodiak Sciences Inc | $98.51 | 557.0% | $104.00 | $15.83 | -0.38% | 6.17B |
| 34 | MU | Micron Technology Inc | $690.00 | 551.6% | $1,255.00 | $192.59 | +5.12% | 773.08B |
| 35 | ATEX | Anterix Inc | $68.52 | 542.8% | $113.00 | $17.58 | -11.88% | 1.48B |
| 36 | IBRX | Immunitybio Inc | $8.55 | 537.4% | $12.43 | $1.95 | +6.74% | 8.69B |
| 37 | CGCT | Cartesian Growth Corp I-Cl A | $4.01 | 533.3% | $25.33 | $4.00 | -6.86% | 1.49B |
| 38 | BAND | Bandwidth Inc-Class A | $40.34 | 532.6% | $79.08 | $12.50 | +6.72% | 1.28B |
| 39 | CDNA | Caredx Inc | $78.56 | 530.2% | $90.87 | $14.42 | +2.92% | 4.01B |
| 40 | WDC | Western Digital Corp | $263.78 | 504.0% | $799.87 | $132.43 | -1.44% | 110.81B |
| 41 | SLN | Silence Therapeutics PLC | $19.72 | 501.9% | $6.38 | $1.06 | -0.40% | 1.28B |
| 42 | LUNR | Intuitive Machines Inc | $10.47 | 500.9% | $46.75 | $7.78 | +21.46% | 2.40B |
| 43 | CIFR | Cipher Mining Inc | $6.27 | 494.3% | $30.14 | $5.07 | +12.97% | 2.99B |
| 44 | QURE | Uniqure Nv | $22.97 | 492.4% | $51.72 | $8.73 | -7.49% | 1.46B |
| 45 | VSH | Vishay Intertechnology Inc | $23.27 | 490.2% | $69.47 | $11.77 | +5.68% | 3.93B |
| 46 | TOP | Top Financial Group Ltd A | $13.25 | 469.2% | $17.42 | $3.06 | +12.00% | 1.64B |
| 47 | PENG | Penguin Solutions Inc | $41.83 | 460.2% | $89.86 | $16.04 | +12.39% | 2.54B |
| 48 | ABSI | Absci Corp | $10.17 | 460.0% | $12.54 | $2.24 | +8.31% | 1.75B |
| 49 | APPS | Digital Turbine Inc | $8.46 | 459.7% | $15.34 | $2.74 | -4.62% | 1.18B |
| 50 | OPEN | Opendoor Technologies Inc | $1.40 | 452.9% | $9.46 | $1.71 | -21.79% | 1.36B |
| 51 | RDW | Redwire Corp | $7.72 | 447.0% | $26.64 | $4.87 | -4.93% | 1.80B |
| 52 | ABCL | Abcellera Biologics Inc | $11.88 | 447.0% | $15.02 | $2.75 | +6.74% | 3.85B |
| 53 | DELL | Dell Technologies -C | $328.53 | 440.3% | $595.51 | $110.22 | +3.67% | 208.65B |
| 54 | BFLY | Butterfly Network Inc | $6.07 | 437.4% | $10.21 | $1.90 | -10.34% | 1.62B |
| 55 | LITE | Lumentum Holdings Inc | $538.59 | 436.6% | $1,143.00 | $213.00 | +5.67% | 47.41B |
| 56 | PILBF | Pilbara Minerals Limited | $1.89 | 435.5% | $5.73 | $1.07 | -1.05% | 18.40B |
| 57 | WGS | Genedx Holdings Corp | $61.13 | 430.5% | $170.87 | $32.21 | -5.02% | 2.07B |
| 58 | TMC | Tmc The Metals Co Inc | $2.24 | 426.2% | $10.05 | $1.91 | +8.21% | 1.00B |
| 59 | SYRE | Spyre Therapeutics Inc | $103.14 | 421.0% | $110.18 | $21.15 | +6.78% | 9.75B |
| 60 | ALAB | Astera Labs Inc | $190.71 | 410.2% | $499.48 | $97.89 | +6.26% | 31.14B |
| 61 | PACS | Pacs Group Inc | $49.93 | 401.3% | $51.68 | $10.31 | -0.54% | 7.97B |
| 62 | STX | Seagate Technology Holdings | $460.99 | 400.9% | $1,145.00 | $228.61 | -1.19% | 105.83B |
| 63 | NVTS | Navitas Semiconductor Corp | $8.62 | 398.8% | $34.17 | $6.85 | +9.67% | 2.32B |
| 64 | PL | Planet Labs Pbc | $12.55 | 392.0% | $51.76 | $10.52 | +10.38% | 4.57B |
| 65 | PURR | Hyperliquid Strategies | $9.69 | 390.4% | $14.76 | $3.01 | -4.63% | 3.42B |
| 66 | ASST | Strive Inc-A | $21.45 | 390.0% | $34.40 | $7.02 | +4.18% | 2.73B |
| 67 | USAR | Usa Rare Earth Inc | $8.23 | 379.5% | $32.80 | $6.84 | +10.85% | 3.17B |
| 68 | VICR | Vicor Corp | $142.96 | 376.6% | $382.65 | $80.29 | +5.82% | 7.13B |
| 69 | DFTX | Definium Therapeutics Inc | $33.28 | 374.9% | $49.70 | $10.47 | +9.62% | 4.43B |
| 70 | GTM | Zoominfo Technologies Inc | $3.43 | 371.7% | $11.98 | $2.54 | -1.58% | 1.01B |
| 71 | PLSE | Pulse Biosciences Inc | $53.07 | 368.9% | $58.90 | $12.56 | -6.99% | 3.82B |
| 72 | BITF | Bitfarms Ltd/Canada | $2.19 | 368.0% | $10.81 | $2.31 | +15.87% | 2.08B |
| 73 | MRVL | Marvell Technology Inc | $141.20 | 366.7% | $329.88 | $70.69 | +5.73% | 123.82B |
| 74 | TNGX | Tango Therapeutics Inc | $21.56 | 366.6% | $34.39 | $7.37 | +3.31% | 3.62B |
| 75 | QS | Quantumscape Corp | $4.23 | 366.1% | $17.71 | $3.80 | +2.92% | 2.66B |
| 76 | ETON | Eton Pharmaceuticals Inc | $56.46 | 365.1% | $66.37 | $14.27 | +19.75% | 1.63B |
| 77 | BE | Bloom Energy Corp- A | $173.24 | 364.0% | $351.28 | $75.70 | +3.41% | 51.38B |
| 78 | ASTS | Ast Spacemobile Inc | $32.33 | 361.9% | $133.86 | $28.98 | +7.05% | 12.60B |
| 79 | DRTS | Alpha Tau Medical Ltd | $13.30 | 360.3% | $15.79 | $3.43 | -5.20% | 1.21B |
| 80 | ORKA | Oruka Therapeutics Inc | $96.87 | 357.8% | $115.52 | $25.23 | +0.23% | 6.36B |
| 81 | BRBR | Bellring Brands Inc | $9.17 | 357.8% | $33.56 | $7.33 | -6.52% | 1.07B |
| 82 | UUUU | Energy Fuels Inc | $6.73 | 349.3% | $27.90 | $6.21 | +2.12% | 1.77B |
| 83 | ALM | Almonty Industries Inc | $8.12 | 349.1% | $24.41 | $5.44 | +2.14% | 2.27B |
| 84 | LGN | Legence Corp-Cl A | $28.50 | 348.7% | $107.24 | $23.90 | +12.16% | 2.75B |
| 85 | IREN | Iren Ltd | $21.64 | 348.1% | $76.87 | $17.16 | +20.02% | 8.76B |
| 86 | ACMR | Acm Research Inc-Class A | $44.61 | 346.9% | $127.19 | $28.46 | +13.48% | 2.96B |
| 87 | DOCN | Digitalocean Holdings Inc | $72.55 | 346.9% | $187.50 | $41.96 | +2.62% | 8.55B |
| 88 | HUT | Hut 8 Corp | $52.74 | 344.6% | $140.80 | $31.67 | +14.78% | 5.66B |
| 89 | FSLY | Fastly Inc - Class A | $21.04 | 342.4% | $34.82 | $7.87 | -0.17% | 2.50B |
| 90 | CORT | Corcept Therapeutics Inc | $72.77 | 341.0% | $126.38 | $28.66 | +1.59% | 7.84B |
| 91 | INTC | Intel Corp | $56.28 | 332.8% | $142.35 | $32.89 | +7.71% | 294.05B |
| 92 | BB | Blackberry Ltd | $8.87 | 324.1% | $18.45 | $4.35 | +5.97% | 7.17B |
| 93 | ELVN | Enliven Therapeutics Inc | $49.28 | 321.5% | $62.32 | $14.79 | +10.02% | 3.57B |
| 94 | STRL | Sterling Infrastructure Inc | $252.82 | 320.2% | $1,005.68 | $239.36 | +3.47% | 7.67B |
| 95 | LQDA | Liquidia Corp | $44.40 | 319.6% | $93.61 | $22.31 | -0.20% | 3.97B |
| 96 | ALHC | Alignment Healthcare Inc | $7.34 | 318.0% | $25.12 | $6.01 | -2.91% | 1.54B |
| 97 | TERN | Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc | $52.95 | 316.5% | $53.19 | $12.77 | +0.00% | 6.12B |
| 98 | TTD | Trade Desk Inc/The -Class A | $12.93 | 315.7% | $48.30 | $11.62 | +0.94% | 6.01B |
| 99 | HNGE | Hinge Health Inc-A | $115.76 | 315.4% | $124.94 | $30.08 | -0.19% | 9.36B |
| 100 | SSNLF | Samsung Electronics | $140.00 | 315.3% | $223,000.00 | $53,700.00 | +114.69% | 1,371.15T |
Frequently Asked Questions
What are volatile stocks?
Volatile stocks are those with large and frequent price fluctuations. Volatility is often measured using beta (compared to the overall market) or standard deviation of returns. A stock with a beta of 2.0 is expected to move twice as much as the market in either direction. Highly volatile stocks include small-cap biotechs, meme stocks, early-stage technology companies, and stocks with heavy short interest.
Why are some stocks more volatile than others?
Volatility is driven by uncertainty about future earnings, low market capitalization, limited analyst coverage, high short interest, and speculative investor bases. Companies in pre-revenue stages or facing binary events (FDA decisions, earnings reports) are inherently more volatile. Stocks with low float (few shares available for trading) can experience exaggerated price moves because it takes less buying or selling pressure to move the price.
How to trade volatile stocks?
Trading volatile stocks requires strict risk management. Use smaller position sizes than you would for stable stocks, set tight stop-loss orders to limit downside, and define profit targets before entering trades. Technical analysis tools like Bollinger Bands and ATR (Average True Range) help identify volatility levels and potential reversal points. Never risk more than 1-2% of your portfolio on a single volatile stock trade.
What is beta in stocks?
Beta measures a stock's volatility relative to the overall market. A beta of 1.0 means the stock moves in line with the market. Above 1.0 indicates higher volatility — a beta of 1.5 means the stock tends to move 50% more than the market. Below 1.0 indicates lower volatility. Negative beta (rare) means the stock moves opposite to the market. Growth and technology stocks typically have higher betas, while utilities and consumer staples have lower betas.
Are volatile stocks good for day trading?
Volatile stocks are the primary focus of day traders because larger price swings create more opportunities to profit from short-term moves. However, the same volatility that creates opportunity also creates risk — volatile stocks can reverse direction quickly, trapping traders in losing positions. Successful day traders combine volatility with high volume and clear technical patterns rather than simply trading the most volatile stocks blindly.
What is the VIX?
The VIX (CBOE Volatility Index) measures expected market volatility over the next 30 days, calculated from S&P 500 options prices. Often called the "fear index," the VIX rises when investors expect larger market swings and falls during calm periods. A VIX below 15 indicates low volatility and complacency, 15-25 is normal, and above 30 signals elevated fear. The VIX measures overall market volatility, not individual stock volatility.
How to reduce portfolio volatility?
To reduce volatility, diversify across sectors and market capitalizations, include bonds and other asset classes, tilt toward low-beta stocks like utilities and consumer staples, and limit individual position sizes. Dividend-paying stocks tend to be less volatile than non-payers. For a quantified approach, use the minimum volatility ETF strategies offered by providers like iShares (USMV) and Invesco (SPLV) that systematically construct lower-volatility portfolios.
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