5 Mid Caps for Momentum Investors

Today I wanted to find 5 Mid Cap Stocks that might be of interest to Momentum Investors so I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks first for the most frequent number of new highs in the past month, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more.  Today's Watch List includes:

Align Technology (ALGN), Teleflex (TFX), Maximus (MMS), Black Hills (BKH) and Great Plains Energy (GXP).

Align Technology (ALGN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 9.47% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 62.75%
• Technical support level at 101.71
• Recently traded at 102.74 with a 50 day moving average of 96.95

Teleflex (TFX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 13.46% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.00%
• Technical support level at 191.68
• Recently traded at 193.01 with a 50 day moving average of 171.90

Maximus (MMS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 9.28% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 62.28%
• Technical support level at 60.23
• Recently traded at 60.59 with a 50 day moving average of 57.26

Black Hills (BKH)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 5.67% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 62.83%
• Technical support level at 64.25
• Recently trade at 64.53 with a 50 day moving average of 62.13

Great Plains Energy (GXP)

 Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 6.22% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.29%
• Technical support level at 27.76Recently traded at 28.87 with a 50 day moving average of 27.72