Today's 5 Best Small Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks for the ones with the highest Weighted Alpha then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

Today's list includes Lending Tree (TREE), Amedisys (AMED), Supernus Pharmaceutical (SUPN), AMN Healthcare Services (AHS), and Depomed (DEPO).

Lending Tree (TREE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Weighted Alpha of 221.30+
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 12.83% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.62%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 82.92
• Recently traded at 82.93 with a 50 day moving average of 69.61

Amedisys (AMED)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Weighted Alpha of 177.60+
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 10.63% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.34%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 42.66
• Recently traded at 44.70 with a 50 day moving average of 37.29

Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Weighted Alpha of 165.80+
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 20.31% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.98%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 19.20
• Recently traded at 20.15 with a 50 day moving average of 16.32

AMN Healthcare Services (AHS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 40% Barchart technical buy signals
• Weighted Alpha of 134.70+
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up .36% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 53.95%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 30.47
• Recently traded at 30.64 with a 50 day moving average of 28.92

Depomed (DEPO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Weighted Alpha of 128.70+
• Trend Spotter buy signals
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 42.50% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.56%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 31.91
• Recently traded at 32.89 with a 50 day moving average of 23.76