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Breakoutwatch Weekly Summary 02/18/17

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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

The NASDAQ rose 1.8% this week and has racked up 8.5% since the start of the year. The index again closed the week on a record high. The week's  gains came in spite of Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress that another interest rate hike may come as early as March. Normally, this would have put a brake on market activity, but instead markets moved higher after her testimony as it implied interest rates will rise in response to stronger economic growth. Markets are anticipating, even before any legislation is introduced, that "yuge" growth benefits will come from  infrastructure spending, less bank regulation, and corporate and individual tax cuts. Is this "irrational exuberance"? We shall see, but make hay while the sun shines.

Cup and Handle pattern and Volatility Squeeze breakouts delivered average gains of 4.5% this week.

NASDAQ Chart

New Features this Week

No new features this week. A bug in the display of short sale candidates (head and shoulder top and 50-day breakdowns) was corrected.
Strategy Suggestions

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Breakouts Summary by Watchlist for Week Beginning 02/13/17
List Breakouts Avg. Gain
CWH 10 4.34
SQZ 12 4.71
HTF
0
HSB
0
DB 1 -0.8
Breakouts Detail for Week Beginning 02/13/17
Brkout Date Symbol Base Squeeze BrkoutOut Price Brkout Day Close RS Rank* Last Close Current % off BOP Gain at Intraday High
2017-02-14 CRBP SQZ y 7.49 8 99 8.85 18.16% 22.83%
2017-02-16 NTES CWH n 266.15 299 86 297.25 11.69% 12.6%
2017-02-16 PTCT SQZ y 12.77 14 90 14.16 10.88% 12.84%
2017-02-15 TRUE SQZ y 13.24 13 93 14.38 8.61% 15.26%
2017-02-16 CRAI SQZ y 34.89 38 82 37.28 6.85% 14.65%
2017-02-14 OCLR CWH n 10.35 11 94 11.02 6.47% 7.15%
2017-02-16 RUSHA SQZ y 32.93 34 90 34.85 5.83% 6.07%
2017-02-17 CRBP CWH n 8.40 9 99 8.85 5.36% 8.33%
2017-02-17 IMMR SQZ y 10.97 12 85 11.51 4.92% 5.93%
2017-02-15 YZC CWH n 7.82 8 82 8.17 4.48% 4.48%
2017-02-15 NRP CWH y 39.36 41 98 41.1 4.42% 6.58%
2017-02-17 BCOR SQZ y 15.36 16 91 15.9 3.52% 5.14%
2017-02-13 CPA CWH n 100.23 103 88 103.41 3.17% 6.07%
2017-02-13 CSTM CWH n 7.95 8 83 8.2 3.14% 8.81%
2017-02-17 RUSHA SQZ y 34.03 35 92 34.85 2.41% 2.64%
2017-02-14 BEAT CWH n 24.45 25 92 24.95 2.04% 6.09%
2017-02-14 EMKR CWH y 9.95 10 97 10.15 2.01% 4.52%
2017-02-16 PUB SQZ y 25.81 26 86 26.25 1.7% 2.09%
2017-02-14 ACAD CWH n 39.04 40 87 39.28 0.61% 3.71%
2017-02-15 HCCI SQZ y 15.46 16 85 15.4 -0.39% 0.58%
2017-02-15 FANG DB y 108.50 112 70 107.63 -0.8% 5.07%
2017-02-15 GUID SQZ y 7.46 8 84 7.33 -1.74% 2.55%
2017-02-14 PTEN SQZ y 28.63 29 93 27.43 -4.19% 3.95%
*RS Rank on day before breakout.
Top Rated Cup and Handle Stocks as of Friday February 17, 2017
Symbol BO
Price
BO
Vol.
Company Industry RS
Rank
Last
Close
STS 19.90 273,230 Supreme Industries - Inc. Trucks & Other Vehicles 95 18.08
HSC 14.60 694,560 Harsco Corporation Industrial Metals & Minerals 94 14.00
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 20624.1
1.75% 4.36% Up
NASDAQ 5838.58
1.82% 8.46% Up
S&P 500 2351.16
1.51% 5.02% 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
NASDAQ Composite NASDAQ Composite
9.72 %
NASDAQ Composite
11.46 %
NASDAQ Composite
8.46 %
Best Performing Industry (by average technical score over each period)
1 Week 3 Weeks 13 Weeks 26 Weeks
Consumer Services
Consumer Services
Regional - Southwest Banks
Manufactured Housing
Most Improved Industry (by change in technical rank2)
Investment Brokerage - Regional
83
Publishing - Periodicals
97
Long Distance Carriers
148
Long Distance Carriers
212
Charts of each industry rank and performance over 12 months are available on the site

 

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