Today's 5 Best Mid Caps

Today I wanted to see if there were any mid cap stocks that still had some juice left.  I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks first for the highest Weighted Alpha then again for technical buy signals of 80% or better.

Those that passed the test were Jetblue Airways (JBLU), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Flowers Foods (FLO), Footlocker (FL) and NVR Inc (NVR).

Jetblue Airways (JBLU)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• 143.60+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 24.53% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.17%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 25.79
• Recently traded at 26.66 with a 50 day moving average of 23.93

Tyler Technologies (TYL)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 68.30+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 14.11% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.94%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 146.74
• Recently traded at 150.97 with a 50 day moving average of 141.13

Flowers Foods (FLO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 41.60+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 14.8% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.79%
• Recently traded at 25.40 with a 50 day moving average of 22.94

Footlocker (FL)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• 40.10+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 11.70% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.78%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 72.85
• Recently traded at 75.76 with a 50 day moving average of 71.56

NVR Inc (NVR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 40.40+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 9.17% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 62.40+
• Barchart computes a technical support leve at 1526.78
• Recently traded at 1592.00 with a 50 day moving average of 1515.46

Today's 5 Best Mid Capsmohjblu

I wanted to find the 5 best Mid Cap stocks so I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks to find the ones with the highest technical buy signals of 80% or better then sorted again to find which of those had a Weighted Alpha greater than 50.00+.  The top stocks that made the cut were: Wellcare Group (WCG), Post Holdings (POST), Molina Healthcare (MOH), Jetblue Airways (JBLU), Caseys General Stores (CASY).

Wellcare Group (WCG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical by signals
• 50.50+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 5 new highs and up 13.18% in the last year
• Relative Strength Index 62.75%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 94.20
• Recently traded at 97.34 with a 50 day moving average of 87.04

Post Holdings (POST)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 106.60+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up 3.44% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 66.30%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 64.46
• Recently traded at 68.55 with a 50 day moving average of 59.54

Molina Healthcare (MOH)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 80.90+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 2 new highs and up 4.02% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.14%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 78.34
• Recently traded at 81.34 with a 50 day moving average of 74.51

Jetblue Airways (JBLU)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 133.90+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 11.13% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 75.49%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 25.96
• Recently traded at 26.67 with a 50 day moving average of 23.25

Caseys General Stores (CASY)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 56.90+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 4 new highs and up 4.51% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.46%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 108.05
• Recently traded at 111.57 with a 50 day moving average of 103.56

5 Mid Caps to Consider

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks to find the stocks with good technical indicators and upward momentum.  As always I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

Today's list includes Royal Gold (RGLD), Lexmark International (LXK), Kate Spade & Co (KATE), Jetblue Airways (JBLU) and Cinemark Holdings (CNK):

Royal Gold (RGLD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 4.25% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 70.21%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 79.06
• Recently traded at 81.57 with a 50 day moving average of 73.78

Lexmark International (LXK)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 3 new highs and up 3.23% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.06%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 48.89
• Recently traded at 50.46 with a 50 day moving average of 47.28

Kate Spade & Co (KATE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter hold signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 12.32% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.32%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 37.84
• Recently traded at 41.68 with a 50 day moving average of 38.13

Jetblue Airways (JBLU)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 5 new highs and up 7.95% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.51%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 11.33
• Recently traded at 11.67 with a 50 day moving average of 10.75

Cinemark Holdings (CNK)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 5 new highs and up 4.45% in he last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.61%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 34.75
• Recently traded at 35.59 with a 50 day moving average of 33.66

This Month's Hottest Mid Caps

Normally my title would be TODAY'S Hottest Mid Caps but Mid Caps are having a little softness lately.  I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index stocks to find the stocks having the most frequent new highs in the last month, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

Today's list includes Biomed Realty Trust (BMR), VCA Antech (WOOF), UGI Corp (UGI), JetBlue Airways (JBLU) and Fortinet (FTNT):

  Biomed Realty Trust (BMR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 5.81% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 66.46%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 21.91
• Recently traded at 21.97 with a 50 day moving average of 21.04

VCA Antech (WOOF)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signals
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 18.98% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.15%
• Barchart computes  a technical support level at 34.91
• Recently traded at 35.72 with a 50 day moving average of 31.81

UGI Corp (UGI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 56% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 4.11% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 57.41%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 48.50
• Recently traded at 48.45 with a 50 day moving average of 47.00

JetBlue Airways (JBLU)

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 23.70% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.27%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 10.18
• Recently traded at 10.42 with a 50 day moving average of 8.92

Fortinet (FTNT)

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 16.50% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 70.48%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 22.20
• Recently traded at 23.68 with a 50 day moving average of 21.90

Jetblue Airway and Cubic Energy Buy Signals

Today I added JetBlue Airways (JBLU) and Cubic Energy (QBC) to the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio for exceptional upward momentum.

JetBlue Airways (JBLU)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 13.38% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 74.88%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 6.52
• Recently traded at 6.78 with a 50 day moving average of 6.07

Cubic Energy (QBC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 18 new highs and up 42.86% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 75.04%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at .24
• Recently traded at .30 with a 50 day moving average of .21