what is the best way to scan for this action?

[IronFist]

Catching these spikes the day of so I can buy puts.

 

[ZBZB]

Volatility will be high, you may still lose money. Investigate IV rank on YouTube.

Any 52 week high scanner will find these stocks. Free realtime in IB TWS. www.finviz.com delayed.

 

[cesfx]

You could scan for IV, HV/IV or just top performers for stocks under a certain $ price.
Single name stocks that spike up like this also tend to have a spike on IV, which makes options expensive. Single puts might not be the best trade, a spread would be better for what I understand, and trade.
I would prefer vertical/diagonal spreads on those, if bid/ask and volumes are ok.

 

[guru]

https://finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=340&s=ta_topgainers

 

[expiated]

This question piqued my curiosity, so just for the fun of it, I ran a screen looking for stocks I thought might have evidenced this kind of price action over the last 30 days, and here is the list I got...