Bulk/Block Deals in Screener

Price tells you what’s happening. Deals tell you who’s behind it.

Bulk and block deals are large market transactions, usually involving institutions, funds, or high-value participants. On their own, they don’t always signal direction, but when they show up at the right time, they can add strong context to a trade.

Tradomate brings this directly into the screener, so you can filter stocks based on actual market participation, not just price or indicators.

Here’s how it works

You can start with a pre-made screener or build your own from scratch.

If you already have a setup in mind, click on “create new screen” and type it in plain English. For example: “Stocks with momentum and bulk deal activity in the last 2 days”

If you prefer setting it up manually:

Click on “+” to add a new filter
Select Deals
Choose between:
- Bulk Deals Count
- Block Deals Count
Set how many deals you want to filter for by choosing a Transaction Type and entering a number (e.g., greater than 0)

Timeframe

Set how recent the deal activity should be by choosing between Last or Around, and defining the number of days, weeks, or months.

This helps you focus on fresh participation or activity within a specific time window.

Data is available from January 2020 onwards.

Transaction Type

Choose the direction of the deal:

Buy → accumulation
Sell → distribution
Both → all activity

Deal Count

This defines how frequently deals should occur.

Greater than 0 → at least one deal
Greater than 2 → repeated activity

Repeated deals tend to carry more weight than one-off transactions.

How to use this

Bulk Deals in last 2 days > 0 → recent activity from large participants
Block Deals Buy in last 5 days > 0 → potential institutional interest
Bulk Deals Sell in last 3 days > 1 → consistent selling pressure

Once you set your conditions, the screener scans the market and surfaces stocks where deal activity aligns with your setup, helping you understand not just the move, but the participation behind it.

Backtest your ideas

You can also backtest screeners built using deal activity. Once you’ve created your screener with Bulk or Block deal conditions, run a backtest to see how similar setups have performed in the past. This helps you move from just spotting activity to understanding whether it has historically led to meaningful price moves.