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Big Weekly Winners: Swing Trading with PowerRatings

May 13, 2012 by Joshua Glasgall

PowerRatings provides traders with the optimal information they need to place successful trades over a 3-5 trading day period. Over this last trading week, the top-performing stocks and exchange traded funds came from the healthcare sector and biotechnology industry.

The stocks and ETFs in this week’s Big Weekly Winners: Swing Trading with PowerRatings all earned PowerRatings of 8 or higher one week ago on May 4th, 2012.

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Performance of 5/4/12 – 5/11/12 Trading Week

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ACHN)

ACHN chart

After an upgrade by UBS earlier in the week on May 7th, a strong first-quarter revenue report on May 9th, and news of a new drug application with the FDA, shares of Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. rose for a 20.20% gain for the week.

  • 5/4/12 Entry Price: 5.99 with a PowerRating of 8
  • 5/11/12 Exit Price: 7.20
  • Gain: 20.20%

Anika Therapeutics Inc. (ANIK)

ANIK chart

A frontrunner in the production of human tissue protection products, Anika Therapeutics Inc. saw its shares gain a little over 9% this week after positive sales reports of its principal products and a reported 22% total revenue growth in its first-quarter results.

  • 5/4/12 Entry Price: 13.79 with a PowerRating of 9
  • 5/11/12 Exit Price: 15.04
  • Gain: 9.06%

SPDR S&P Biotech (XBI)

XBI chart

Biotechnology ETFs saw a bump this week with several companies reporting promising results of recent studies. The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF gained 4.79% after pulling back slightly in volume from a high earlier in the month.

  • 5/4/12 Entry Price: 78.80 with a PowerRating of 9
  • 5/11/12 Exit Price: 82.58
  • Gain: 4.79%

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Joshua Glasgall is Editor in Chief of Connors Research

Filed Under: Recent, Trading Lessons Tagged With: Joshua Glasgall, PowerRatings, Weekly Winners

About Joshua Glasgall

Joshua Glasgall, Editor in Chief of The Connors Group. Before joining The Connors Group in 2012, Joshua worked in online advertising, market research, and financial journalism.

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