5 Small Caps for Momentum Investors

This morning I wanted to find 5 small Cap stocks with consistent upward momentum so I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks first for the most frequent number of new highs in the last month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or better.

Today's Watch List includes:  Customers Bancorp (CUBI), Evercore Partners (EVR), United Commercial Bank (UCBI), Vascular Solutions (VASC) and Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT).

Customers Bancorp (CUBI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 34.37% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 79.95%
• Technical support level at 31.65
• Recently traded at 33.66 with a 50 day moving average of 27.20

Evercore Partners (EVR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 28.17% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 76.22%
• Technical support level at 69.28
• Recently traded at 70.35 with a 50 day moving average of 57.83

United Commercial Bank (UCBI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 33.33% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 83.27%
• Technical support level at 28.00
• Recently traded at 28.39 with a 50 day moving average of 23.21

Vascular Solutions (VASC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 27.01% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 75.19%
• Technical support level at 55.63
• Recently traded at 56.00 with a 50 day moving average of 49.11

Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 23.37% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.90%
• Technical support level at 60.37
• Recently traded at 60.70 with a 50 day moving average of 51.30