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One of my favorite technical tools is the 50-day moving average.
I look at it as an area of support and resistance, and I use its slope as an indication of where a stock is headed.
I also like to look at breakouts above the 50-day as a bullish indicator, as the 50-day typically demonstrates underlying strength that has some staying power and will likely continue at least in the short run.
This morning, I ran a scan for these breakout stocks and came up with a list of big profit opportunities, which I'm going to show you in a mintute.
While this indicator alone is usually sufficient for a bullish play, I naturally like to confirm a stock's profit potential by looking at short interest.
It's an extremely powerful, very accurate technical indicator, and when it serves to confirm a breakout above the 50-day moving average…
…that's when you know you've got the potential for high-profit bottled lightning on your hands…
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