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Big Weekly Winners: Swing Trading with PowerRatings

May 20, 2012 by Joshua Glasgall

PowerRatings help traders find the “needles” in the market-haystack, proving especially helpful in oversold market conditions like we’ve seen throughout the month of May. The top-performing stocks from this last trading week came from the technology and services sectors, as well as a gold futures contract ETN.

The stocks and ETN in this week’s Big Weekly Winners: Swing Trading with PowerRatings all earned PowerRatings of 8 or higher one week ago on May 11th, 2012.

To learn more about PowerRatings, including how to swing trade stocks and ETFs with PowerRatings, click here.

Performance of 5/11/12 – 5/18/12 Trading Week

Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc. (MFLX)

MFLX chart

A manufacturer and designer of malleable circuit boards and other electronic components, Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc. saw its shares rise over 5% after reporting a revenue bump from the last trading quarter and receiving an upgrade from Needham & Company earlier in the month.

  • 5/11/12 Entry Price: 23.77 with a PowerRating of 8
  • 5/18/12 Exit Price: 25.05
  • Gain: 5.38%

Apollo Group Inc. (APOL)

APOL chart

Apollo Group Inc. reached a new 52-week low on Friday, May 11th despite recently trading above its average volume. While the education sector trended negatively throughout the week, Apollo shares gained a little over 2%.

  • 5/11/12 Entry Price: 31.34 with a PowerRating of 8
  • 5/18/12 Exit Price: 32.02
  • Gain: 2.17%

PowerShares DB Gold Double Long ETN (DGP)

DGP chart

Many investors dumped their positions in gold in May amidst the turmoil in the stock market, but gold rebounded on Thursday and Friday and PowerShares DB Gold Double Long ETN managed to close the week out with a 1.43% gain

  • 5/11/12 Entry Price: 47.50 with a PowerRating of 8
  • 5/18/12 Exit Price: 48.18
  • Gain: 1.43%

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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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