The 5 Worst Mid Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks to find the stocks with the highest technical sell signals, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

Today's dog list includes Albemarle (ALB), Deckers Outdoors (DECK), Guess (GES), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Triumph Group (TGI):

Albemarle (ALB)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 36.85% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 26.30%
• Recently traded at 48.77 which is below its recent 50 day moving average of 58.33

Deckers Outdoor (DECK)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 30.96% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 27.83%
• Recently traded at 70.15 which is below its 50 day moving average of 90.36

Guess (GES)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 41.66% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 29.38%
• Recently traded at 18.62 which is below its 50 day moving average of 20.73

National Fuel Gas (NFG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 18.52% below its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 35.48%
• Recently traded at 65.49 which is below its 50 day moving average of 68.19

Triumph Group (TGI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 22.02% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 24.47%
• Recently traded at 56.37 which is below its 50 day moving average of 65.17

5 Great Mid Caps

I wanted to find 5 Mid Cap stocks that had good technical indicators and decent charts.  I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Stock index for stocks with great technical buy signals then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

The charts I liked were The Whitewave Foods Co (WWAV), Plantronics (PLT), Kirby Corp (KEX), Deckers Outdoors (DECK) and Community Health Systems (CYH):

The Whitewave Foods Co (WWAV)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 16.75% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.70%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 36.15
• Recently traded at 37.93 with a 50 day moving average of 32.79

Plantronics (PLT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 6.29% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.08%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 47.50
• Recently traded at 48.96 with a 50 day moving average of 47.41

Kirby Corp (KEX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 5.41% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 62.88%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 120.55
• Recently traded at 123.29 with a 50 day moving average of 118.90

Deckers Outdoors (DECK)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 4.61% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 64.99%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 96.10
• Recently traded at 97.57 with a 50 day moving average of 90.36

Community Health Systems (CYH)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 16.82% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.14%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 54.19
• Recently traded at 5665 with a 50 day moving average of 49.06