3 Great NASDAQ 100 Stocks

This morning I used Barchart to screen the NASDAQ 100 Index stocks to find the 3 with the best technical indicators and found Whole Foods Market (WFM), Perrigo (PRGO), and Biogen Idec (BIIB)

Whole Foods Market (WFM)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 9.50% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.22%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 93.39
• Recently traded at 95.56 with a 50 day moving average of 88.13

Perrigo (PRGO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 12.04% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 74.32%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 112.38
• Recently traded at 115.40 with a 50 day moving average of 105.42

Biogen Idec (BIIB)

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 7.96% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 64.82%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 139.65
• Recently traded at 142.03 with a 50 day moving average of 133.29

3 New Short term Highs

I used Barchart to screen stocks hitting new highs today and found 3 stocks that have had very recent and consistent upward momentum and should be considered for your watch lists:  Perrigo (PRGO), Ironwood Pharmaceutical (IRWD) and Beam Inc (BEAM):

Perrigo (PRGO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 13.46% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.41%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 113.53
• Recently traded at 114.09 with a 50 day moving average of 104.97

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 64% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 19.38% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 73.96%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 13.61
• Recently traded at 14.51 with a 50 day moving average of 12.61

Beam Inc (BEAM)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 11.93% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 62.22%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 61.42
• Recently traded at 62.51 with a 50 day moving average of 58.73