Friday’s Top Names

The broader markets ended the session
mixed as we go into Thursday’s trading session with a slightly

upward bias as
indicated by the CVR 1 buy signal on our market
bias
page.

Hottest Sectors: Pharmaceuticals
(
$DRG.X.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
and
Biotechnology
(
$BTK.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
.

Weakest Sectors: Oil Services
(
$OSX.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
and
Semiconductor
(
$SOX.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
.

Monday’s stocks to
watch:


3 Month RS of 80 and higher and close in top
part of
range

Name



Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Aviron
(
AVIR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
93 50.66 998,090 960,100
Cognos Inc
(
COGN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
93 26.77 336,681 312,300
Emmis
Communications

(
EMMS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
94 24.98 756,409 352,100
Rudolph Technologies
(
RTEC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
94 38.00 281,681 71,600

3 Month RS of 20 or lower
and close in bottom part of range


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

THQ Inc
(
THQI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
14 48.07 1,564,272 1,261,800
BB&T
(
BBT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
18 35.39 746,863 1,055,600
General
Dynamics

(
GD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
14 79.27 1,375,863 1,628,600
Taro Pharmaceuticals
(
TARO |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
20 35.03 709,954 466,400


3 Month RS of 80
and higher with volume surge in last hour


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Secure Computing
(
SCUR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
91 24.28 400,090 423,600
Integrated Circuit Systems
(
ICST |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
97 26.56 1,296,636 1,825,500
Photon Dynamics
(
PHTN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
90 43.56 315,272 293,500
Tier Technologies
(
TIER |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
92 21.80 292,636 230,500

3 Month RS of 20 and lower with volume surge in last hour


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Amgen
(
AMGN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
3 56.49 10,962,363 8,011,300
Bristol Myers
(
BMY |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
5 49.49 5,933,500 7,679,500
Mercury Computer
(
MRCY |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2 36.14 435,090 172,700
THQ Inc
(
THQI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
14 48.07 1,564,272 1,261,800

Stocks in Slim Jims

High RS at
or near high


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Emmis
Communications

(
EMMS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
94 24.98 756,409 352,100
Siebel System
(
SEBL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
96 35.15 17,461,454 17,185,700

Low RS at
or near low


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

THQ
Inc

(
THQI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
14 48.07 1,564,272 1,261,800

Best of luck with your trading Friday. Please use
protective stops on trades.