Oclaro - Chart of the Day

Oclaro (OCLR) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The optics fiber company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 116.50+ and gained 100.00% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Oclaro (OCLR).  I found the optical fiber stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for the highest Weighted Alpha and then for stocks trading above their 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 12/17 the stock gained 3.18%.

Oclaro, with headquarters in San Jose, California, is a tier 1 provider of high performance optical components, modules and subsystems to the telecommunications market, and is one of the largest providers to metro and long haul network applications. Oclaro, the result of the combination of Bookham, Inc. and Avanex Corporation, leverages proprietary core technologies and vertically integrated product development to provide its customers with cost-effective and innovative optical devices, modules and subsystems. Its photonic technologies also serve selected potential high growth markets, including industrial, defense, life sciences, semiconductor, and scientific, with diversification providing both significant potential revenue streams and strategic technological advantage. Oclaro is a global company, with leading chip fabrication facilities in the UK, Switzerland and Italy, and manufacturing sites in the US, Thailand and China.

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Barchart technical indicators:

• 56%  technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 3 new highs and up 11.60% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 56.25%
• Technical support level at 3.36
• Recently traded at 3.57 with a 50 day moving average of 3.33

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $395.38 million
• Revenue expected to grow 7.20% this year and another 12.20% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 89.50% this year, an additional 350.00% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 10.00% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 1 strong buy and 4 buy recommendations on the stock

The 50 Day Parabolic Time/Price has been a reliable technical trading strategy for this stock.