Thursday, August 8, 2013

Alliance Healthcare Services - Chart of the Day

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Alliance Healthcare Services (AIQ) is the Chart of the Day. The outpatient diagnostic services company is a pure technical analysis play with a solid run of Trend Spotter buy signals and is up 332% since 2/1.

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The Chart of the Day is Alliance Healthcare Services (AIQ).  The stock was at the top of the New High List when I sorted it for Weighted Alpha which is 333.95+.. The Trend Spotter started an unbroken string of buy signals on 2/1 and since then the stock is up 332%.

It provides shared-service and fixed-site diagnostic imaging services and is the largest provider of advanced outpatient diagnostic imaging services in the United States. It offers magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET) and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET and PET/CT) services through its Alliance Imaging division and radiation therapy services through its Alliance Oncology division. It also offers ancillary services, including marketing support, education, training, and billing assistance. The company provides imaging and therapeutic services primarily to hospitals and other healthcare providers on a shared-service and full-time service basis. It operates radiation therapy centers that provide state-of-the-art treatment and care for cancer patients.



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Barchart technical indicators:

  • 100% Barchart technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signal
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 15 new highs and up 72.56% in the last quarter
  • Relative Strength Index 91.19%
  • Barchart computes a technical support level at 21.29
  • Recently traded at 22.26 with a 50 day moving average of 17.22
Fundamental factors:
  • Market Cap $236.18 million
  • Although several firms have the stock on their watchlists none are willing to venture any projections
  • The Financial Strength is only a C.
This is a very highly speculative stock and is featured only because of its high Weighted Alpha.  Don' bet your retirement nest egg on this one but a small flyer could be profitable.



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