5 Best NASDAQ 100 stocks

For at stock to make my "BEST" lists it must be trading above its moving averages and making new highs in at least 50% of the last 20 trading sessions.  Today I used Barchart to sort the NASDAQ 100 Index to find the stocks with just those criteria.  The list includes Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), Celgene (CELG) and Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD):

Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signals
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 12.94% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.31%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 78.37
• Recently traded at 80.71 with a 50 day moving average of 73.32

Akamai Technologies (AKAM)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 12.98% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 79.44%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 50.33
• Recently traded at 51.84 with a 50 day moving average of 46.51

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 64% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and
• 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 8.86% in the last  month
• Relative Strength Index 61.28%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 113.03
• Recently traded at 114.14 with a 50 day moving average of 109.86

Celgene (CELG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 12.43% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 64.81%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 146.77
• Recently traded at 149.07 with a 50 day moving average of 139.94

Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 11.57% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 73.26%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 44.01
• Recently traded at 44.63 with a 50 day moving average of 41.14