5 Small Cap Stars

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index for the stocks with the best Weighted Alphas.  My list includes Monarch Casino and Resorts (MCRI) 185.97+, Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR) 178.78+, Interactive Intelligence (ININ) 152.73+, Financial Engines (FNGN) 148.51+, and Medidata Solutions (MDSO) 145.86+:

Monarch Casino and Resorts (MCRI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 19 new highs and up 43.21% in the last quarter
• Relative Strength Index 67.54%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 20.11
• Recently traded at 20.35 with a 50 day moving average of 17.45

Questcor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 97.37% in the last quarter
• Relative Strength Index 70.02%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 62.05
• Recently traded at 64.56 with a 50 day moving average of 47.03

Interactive Intelligence (ININ)

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 32.03% in the last quarter
• Relative Strength Index 83.29%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 64.41
• Recently traded at 66.00 with a 50 day moving average of 54.00

Financial Engines (FNGN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 an d100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 33.44% in the last quarter
• Relative Strength Index 67.981%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 51.28
• Recently traded at 52.09 with a 50 day moving average of 47.22

Medidata Solutions (MDSO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 56% Barchart technical by signals
• Trend spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 27.50% in the last quarter
• Relative Strength Index 55.04%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 82.21
• Recently traded at 86.66 with a 50 day moving average of 77.29

Small Cap Winners

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index for the stock with the highest weighted alpha and found Monarch Casino and Resorts (MCRI), Questor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR), Medidata Solutions (MDSO), Financial Engines (FNGN) and Zale Corp (ZLC):

Monarch Casino and Resorts (MCRI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 22.50% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 76.94%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 20.35 
• Recently traded at 20.80 with a 50 day moving average of 17.13

Questor Pharmaceuticals (QCOR)

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 47.40% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 83.70%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 65.75
• Recently traded at 66.85 with a 50 day moving average of 45.23

Medidata Solutions (MDSO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 18.65% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.92%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 89.26
• Recently traded at 92.46 with a 50 day moving average of 76.05

Financial Engines (FNGN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 4 new highs and up 11.76% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.00%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 47.68
• Recently traded at 52.01 with a 50 day moving average of 46.45

Zale Corporation (ZLC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 56% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 5 new highs and up 7.36% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 59.35%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 9.19
• Recently traded at 9.36 with a 50 day moving average of 8.76

Medidata Solutions - MDSO - Barchart Chart of the Day

Barchart.coms Chart of the Day - Medidata Solutions (MDSO)

Barchart Research Team - BC - Tue Sep 25, 5:35PM CDT

The "Chart of the Day" is Medidata Solutions (MDSO), which showed up on Tuesday's Barchart "All-Time High" list. Medidata on Tuesday posted a new all-time high of $40.72 and closed +2.11%. TrendSpotter has been long since July 31 at $35.41. In recent news on the stock, ThinkEquity on Sep 7 initiated coverage on Medidata with a Buy and a target of $42. Jefferies on Aug 1 kept a Buy rating on Medidata and raised its target to $41 from $34. Medidata Solutions, with a market cap of $1 billion, is a leading global provider of hosted clinical development solutions that enhance the efficiency of customers' clinical development processes and optimize their research and development investments.


How we found the Chart of the Day:
We found the "Chart of the Day" by scanning the Barchart "All Time High" list. In order to get to that list, we first clicked on the Stocks menu item on the Barchart home page, then on the "All Time Highs" menu item on the left menu bar. We then sorted the list by percentage gainers by clicking on the "Percent" column title. A stock that has posted a new All-Time high is typically showing strong upside momentum.
The status of Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

• TrendSpotter: Buy
• Short-Term Indicators: 80% Buy
• Medium-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
• Long-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
• Overall Average 96% Buy

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3 Small Caps on the Move

In a choppy market there are always opportunities others miss because they don't bother to learn how to use a stock screener.  This morning I used Barchart to screen the Small Cap S&P 600 Index to find some gems and found West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) Medidata Solutions (MDSO) and Cymer (CYMI)

West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 8.52% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 60.50%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 44.69
• Recently traded at 45.64 with a 50 day moving average of 42.96

Medidata Solutions (MDSO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 4 new highs and up 13.72% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 59.88%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 27.79
• Recently traded at 28.50 with a 50 day moving averages of 26.53

Cymer (CYMI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 7.07% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 58.42%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 50.94
• Recently traded at 52.06 with a 50 day moving average of 49.55