Breakoutwatch Weekly Summary 02/04/17

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Contents
New Features this Week
Strategy Suggestions
Breakouts Summary
Breakouts Detail
Top Cup and Handle Chart Pattern Stocks
Breakouts Index
Major Indexes Performance
Best Performing Index
Best Performing Industry
Most Improved Industry

Weekly Commentary
Climate for Growth Stock Breakouts Continues to Improve

The NASDAQ Composite returned to a narrow trading range and lies at the upper limit of the medium term trend line. I expect the upward trend to continue and perhaps accelerate due to three important events this week:
  • The Federal Reserve gave no indication that a rate hike was imminent following slow wage growth despite strong employment growth
  • Trump signed an executive order directing the Treasury secretary to review the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulatory law
  • Trump signed a memorandum instructing the Labor Department to delay implementing an Obama rule requiring financial professionals who are giving advice on retirement, and who charge commissions, to put their client's interests first.

All three will greatly please Wall street who can expect legislation to follow which will lighten their regulatory burden and spur further investment, particularly as the Volcker rule is relaxed and depositor's cash becomes more available for speculation. The outlook for more and more profitable breakouts is therefore strong.


NASDAQ Chart

New Features this Week

No new features this week.
Strategy Suggestions

In case you missed the important strategy suggestions in the last two newsletters read it here.
 
Breakouts Summary by Watchlist for Week Beginning 01/30/17
List Breakouts Avg. Gain
CWH 7 2.74
SQZ 9 6.3
HTF
0
HSB
0
DB
0
Breakouts Detail for Week Beginning 01/30/17
Brkout Date Symbol Base Squeeze BrkoutOut Price Brkout Day Close RS Rank* Last Close Current % off BOP Gain at Intraday High
2017-02-02 BRKS SQZ y 17.72 20 94 20.75 17.1% 18.4%
2017-02-02 ARCO SQZ y 6.11 6 84 6.5 6.38% 7.69%
2017-02-01 SF SQZ y 50.34 52 87 53.53 6.34% 6.67%
2017-01-31 GKOS CWH n 41.00 41 93 43.59 6.32% 6.76%
2017-02-03 VBTX SQZ y 27.62 29 95 29.25 5.9% 6.19%
2017-02-02 SLAB SQZ y 69.26 70 81 73.1 5.54% 5.62%
2017-01-30 AHGP SQZ y 28.97 30 84 30.45 5.11% 5.97%
2017-02-03 MTU CWH y 6.60 7 80 6.92 4.85% 6.21%
2017-01-31 MKTX CWH n 182.86 187 82 191.27 4.6% 4.62%
2017-02-03 SLAB SQZ y 70.26 73 83 73.1 4.04% 4.11%
2017-02-01 KWR SQZ y 128.51 132 86 132.79 3.33% 7.47%
2017-02-03 AMP SQZ y 117.74 121 81 121.26 2.99% 3.5%
2017-02-01 CFX CWH n 40.22 41 83 41.4 2.93% 4.4%
2017-02-01 WD CWH y 32.43 32 82 32.95 1.6% 1.67%
2017-02-02 MX CWH n 8.75 9 94 8.75 0% 1.71%
2017-02-01 SPNC CWH y 26.15 27 89 25.85 -1.15% 4.78%
*RS Rank on day before breakout.
Top Rated Cup and Handle Stocks as of Friday February 03, 2017
Symbol BO
Price
BO
Vol.
Company Industry RS
Rank
Last
Close
NRP 39.85 74,398 Natural Resource Partners LP Industrial Metals & Minerals 97 37.00
BOOM 16.80 65,259 DMC Global Inc. Metal Fabrication 96 16.71
CVGI 6.25 164,404 Commercial Vehicle Group - Inc. Auto Parts Wholesale 96 6.18
SLM 12.16 5,808,268 SLM Corporation Credit Services 96 12.04
STS 19.90 264,314 Supreme Industries - Inc. Trucks & Other Vehicles 96 18.35
SAIA 50.80 342,438 Saia - Inc. Trucking 95 49.45
DCO 31.47 140,535 Ducommun Incorporated Aerospace/Defense Products & Services 95 30.05
MTZ 41.90 1,269,045 MasTec - Inc. Heavy Construction 95 38.90
HBHC 47.20 1,258,448 Hancock Holding Company Regional - Southeast Banks 95 46.45
OCLR 10.35 9,269,266 Oclaro - Inc. Semiconductor Equipment & Materials 94 9.81
These stocks meet our suggested screening factors for our Cup and Handle Chart Pattern watchlist.
See Revised Rules for Trading Cup and Handle Breakouts
Major Index Summary
Index Value Change Week Change YTD Trend1
Dow 20071.5
-0.11% 1.56% Up
NASDAQ 5666.77
0.11% 5.27% Up
S&P 500 2297.42
0.12% 2.62% Up
1The Market Trend is derived from our proprietary market model. The market model is described on the sitehere.
2The site also shows industry rankings based on fundamentals, combined technical and fundamentals, and on price alone. The site also shows daily industry movements.
Best Performing Index
1 Week 13 Weeks 26 Weeks Year-to-Date
S&P 500 NASDAQ Composite
12.29 %
NASDAQ Composite
8.54 %
NASDAQ Composite
5.27 %
Best Performing Industry (by average technical score over each period)
1 Week 3 Weeks 13 Weeks 26 Weeks
Basic Materials Wholesale
Basic Materials Wholesale
Regional - Southwest Banks
Manufactured Housing
Most Improved Industry (by change in technical rank2)
Publishing - Periodicals
107
Publishing - Periodicals
99
Long Distance Carriers
199
Long Distance Carriers
211
Charts of each industry rank and performance over 12 months are available on the site

 

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