DD, I think you have suggested the best, the simplest and the cleanest method separating the wheat from the chaff. An extended (100-day, perhaps) moving average of (price times volume) might work.
Nahhh, maybe it depends on what you are trying to do. I have a bias toward more substantial companies, but that may not be the desire of folks who like the REALLY cheap ones.
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