Wednesday’s Top Names

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

downward bias as
indicated by the
CVR 6 sell signal on our market
bias
page. The Dow was down on earnings woes, while the Nasdaq edged higher for the session.

Hottest Sectors: Interactive Week
Internet
(
$IIX.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
and Retail
(
$RLX.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
.

Weakest Sectors: Oil Services
(
$OSX.X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
and
Forest and Paper
(
$FPP.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

Accenture
Ltd

(
ACN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
95 27.28 1,457,636 1,746,900
AnnTaylor Stores
(
ANN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
92 35.69 680,454 1,314,700
Broadcom
(
BRCM |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
96 49.24 14,916,681 16,099,100
McAfee Com Corp
(
MCAF |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
96 40.40 565,681 718,600

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

Shell Transportation
(
SC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
9 40.25 490,000 725,900
Shire Pharmaceutical
(
SHPGY |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2 34.76 906,636 285,600
Airgate
PCS

(
PCSA |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
2 34.33 486,045 2,437,600
Arthur J. Gallagher Co.
(
AJG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
4 31.21 451,136 773,100


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


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Affymetrix, Inc.
(
AFFX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
97 38.04 1,606,000 1,378,500
Brocade Communications
(
BRCD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
94 39.27 17,417,590 13,175,200
Elantec Semiconductor
(
ELNT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
93 43.90 518,636 533,000
Photronics Inc
(
PLAB |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
92 33.63 664,636 669,100

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


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

AOL Time Warner
(
AOL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
8 32.00 19,518,500 23,632,700
Barr Laboratories
(
BRL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
11 78.10 N/A 480,600
Charter One Financial
(
CF |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
14 27.10 728,727 446,800
FLIR Systems
(
FLIR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
12 42.69 372,090 272,900

Stocks in Slim Jims

High RS at
or near high


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Internet
Security Systems

(
ISSX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
98 34.65 2,366,954 751,800
Qlogic Corp
(
QLGC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
95 54.65 23,134,272 9,864,200
Siebel System
(
SEBL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
96 33.30 17,461,454 16,350,600

Low RS at
or near low


Company Name


Symbol


Relative Strength



Price


Average Volume



Today’s Volume

Cardinal
Health

(
CAH |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
4 62.33 2,354,863 2,355,900
Human Genome Sciences
(
HGSI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
12 30.38 2,738,090 3,087,500
Arthur J. Gallagher
(
AJG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
4 31.21 451,136 690,000

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