The 5 Best Small Caps

I wanted to find the 5 best Small Caps so I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks for the best technical buy signals, then used the Flipchart feature to find the charts I liked.

Today's list includes Sturm Ruger & Co (NYSE:RGR), OM Group (NYSE:OMG), Marketaxess Holdings (NASDAQ:MKTX), US Ecology (NASDAQ:ECOL) and Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX):

Strum Ruger & Co (RGR)

Barchart technical indicators:

 

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 30.14% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 82.24%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 50.95
• Recently traded at 55.78 with a 50 day moving average of 41.15

OM Group (OMG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 5.90% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.22%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 29.64
• Recently traded at 31.09 with a 50 day moving average of 29.11

Marketaxcess Holdings (MKTX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 3 new highs and up 4.91% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.28%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 77.22
• Recently traded at 84.35 with a 50 day moving average if 75.87

US Ecology (ECOL)

Barchart technical indicators:

 

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 15.31% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.74%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 49.06
• Recently traded at 51.47 with a 50 day moving average of 43.14

Affymetrix (AFFX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 6.58% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 70.28%
• Barchart computes a technical support leve at 11.50
• Recently traded at 12.24 with a 50 day moving average of 11.01