5 Great Micro Caps

Today I wanted to find some micro cap stocks that had good technical indicators and charts so I used Barchart to screen their database for stocks that had under $2 billion in market capitalization and a price under $10 that had technical buy signals of 80% or higher.  I then sorted the results for the ones with the highest number of new highs in the last month and used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

Today's list includes GSE Systems (GVP), Naugatuck Valley Financial (NVSL), Central Garden and Pet (CENT), Prophase Labs (PRPH) and Biotime (BTX):

GSE Systems (GVP) Market Cap $31 million

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 32.56% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 66.33%
• Barchart computes  a technical support level at 1.72
• Recently traded at 1.71 with a 50 day moving average of 1.46

Naugatuck Valley Financial (NVSL) Market Cap $61 million

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 8.33% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.23%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 8.71
• Recently traded at 9.10 with a 50 day moving average of 8.36

Central Garden and Pet (CENT) Market Cap $478 million

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 20.28% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.72%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 9.06
• Recently traded at 9.29 with a 50 day moving average of 8.07

Prophase Labs (PRPH) Market Cap $25 million

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 25.56% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.10%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 1.58
• Recently traded at 1.67 with a 50 day moving average of 1.42

Biotime (BTX) Market Cap $352 million

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 41.96% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.03%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 4.17
• Recently traded at 4.49 with a 50 day moving average of 3.51

Sell Signals - TNAV,CENTA,GLOW,KEG

Today I deleted Telenav (TNAV), Central Garden and Pet (CENTA), Glowpoint (GLO) and  Key Energy Services (KEG) from the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio for negative price momentum:

Telenav (TNAV)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% short term technical sell signal
• Trend spotter sell signal
• Below its 20 and 50 day moving averages
• 16.12% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 29.90%

Central Garden and Pet (CENTA)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 60% short term technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 18.07% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 33.70%

Glowpoint (GLOW)

Barchart techncial indicators:

• 20% short term technical sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14.38% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 49.12%

Key Energy Services (KEG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 60% Barchart short term technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20 and 50 day moving averages
• 15.23% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 26.19%

The 5 Best Small Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index to find the stocks with the most consistent upward momentum.  The list includes Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Abiomed (ABMD), Interactive Brokers (IBKR), Suncoke Energy (SXC) and Faro Technologies (FARO):

Central Garden & Pet (CENTA)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 40% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 3.58% in the last
• Relative Strength Index 58.43%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 7.40
• Recently traded at 7.53 with a 50 day moving average of 7.07

Abiomed (ABMD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 36.53% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.62%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 26.74
• Recently traded at 27.35 with a 50 day moving average of 22.05

Interactive Brokers (IBKR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 18 new highs and up 19.78% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 89.96%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 22.92
• Recently traded at 23.59 with a 50 day moving average of 19.85

Suncoke Energy (SXC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 20.24% in the last month'
• Relative Strength Index 85.86
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 21.28
• Recently traded at 21.71 with a 50 day moving average of 18.40

Faro Technologies (FARO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 35.32% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.44%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 52.73
• Recently traded at 53.73 with a 50 day moving average of 43.21