5 Breakout Mid Caps

It is important to find stocks that seem to be just starting to break out of their current patterns. The easiest way is to take the stocks in an index like the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index and use Barchart to sort them by the number of up days they have had in the last month.

Today's list includes Hill-Rom Holdings (NYSE:HRC), Rosetta Resources (NASDAQ:ROSE), SM Energy (NYSE:SM), Dean Foods (NYSE:DF) and California Resources (NYSE:CRC).

Hill-Rom Holdings

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 7.73% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 76.95%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 50.88
• Recently traded at 51.72 with a 50 day moving average of 48.55

Rosetta Resources

Barchart technical indicators:

• 48% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 35.91% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 62.55%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 22.52
• Recently traded at 22.52 with a 50 day moving average of 19.68

SM Energy

Barchart technical indicators:

• 56% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 14.63% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 53.50%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 51.49
• Recently traded at 53.98 with a 50 day moving average of 49.47

Dean Foods

Barchart technical indicators:

• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20 and 50 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 6.00% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 52.99%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 16.89
• Recently traded at 17.13 with a 50 day moving average of 16.49

California Resources

Barchart technical indicators:

• Not Rated - Barchart needs 6 months of data to form an opinion
• Above its 20 and 50 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 21.38% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 62.02
• Recently traded at 8.97 with a 50 day moving average of 7.47