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4 Breakout Stocks That Guarantee Explosive Returns

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Selecting breakout stocks continues to be one of the most popular methods utilized by active investors. This technique seeks to identify those stocks whose prices are varying within a specific band. If a stock falls below the lower bound of this band, it may be time to offload it from your portfolio. However, a stock breaking above this channel carries the promise of delivering strong gains.

Spotting Breakout Stocks

The first step to selecting the right breakout stocks is to calculate their support and resistance levels. A support level is the lower bound for stock movements, while a resistance level refers to the maximum price which it trades within over a considerable period.

In other words, the demand for a stock is at its lowest at its support level, which means most traders are willing to sell it. At the resistance level, most traders are willing to go long on the stock, which means that they would like to add them to their portfolios. The key to identifying breakout stocks is to pin down those that are on the verge of a breakout or those that have just broken above the resistance level.

To that end, Capital Product Partners L.P. (CPLP - Free Report) , Transphorm, Inc. (TGAN - Free Report) , Arlo Technologies, Inc. (ARLO - Free Report) , and Provident Financial plc have been selected as the breakout stocks for today.

Verifying Whether It’s for Real

Stocks that have breached their resistance level should ideally be in high demand among traders. But the test of whether this is a genuine breakout is whether they go on to attain higher prices and the old barrier becomes a new support. This is why it is important to determine whether a long-term price trend is about to emerge.

Only a study of long-term trends can determine whether the existing trading channel has been breached effectively. This indicates the strength of the support or resistance levels. If you can identify the effective channel for a stock, picking it even at a not-so-reasonable price would give you significant returns.

Screening Parameters

• Percentage price change over four weeks between 10% and 20% (Stocks showing considerable price increases, but whose gains are not excessive.)

• Current Price /52-Week High greater than or equal to 0.9 (Stocks trading 90% close to their 52-week highs.)

• Zacks Rank less than or equal to #2 (Only Strong Buy and Buy rated stocks can get through.)

No matter whether the market is good or bad, stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy) have a proven history of outperformance. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

• Beta for 60 months less than or equal to 2           

(Stocks that move by a greater degree than the broader market but within a reasonable limit.)

• Current price less than or equal to $20 (Stocks which are reasonably priced.)

These criteria narrow down the universe of more than 7,706 stocks to only six.

Here are four of the six stocks that passed the screen:

Capital Product Partners L.P. is an international shipping company that provides seaborne transportation of refined oil products and chemicals. CPLP’s fleet of product tankers is fully chartered under medium- to long-term time and bareboat charters.

Capital Product Partners carries a Zacks Rank #1 and has an expected earnings growth rate of 49.6% for the current year.

Transphorm, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of GaN semiconductors for high voltage power conversion applications. TGAN produces JEDEC and AEC-Q101 GaN semiconductor devices.

Currently, Transphorm carries a Zacks Rank #2 and has an expected earnings growth rate of 52.4% for the current year.

Arlo Technologies, Inc. is a provider of smart connected devices to monitor the environments in real-time with a Wi-Fi or a cellular connection. ARLO's cloud-based platform provides users with visibility, insight and a powerful means to help protect and connect in real-time. Its connected devices, including wire-free smart Wi-Fi and LTE-enabled cameras, advanced baby monitors and smart security lights.

Arlo Technologiescarries a Zacks Rank #2 and has an expected earnings growth rate of 77.1% for the current year.

Provident Financial plc is a provider of financial services. It offers credit cards, guarantor loans, home credit loans, online instalment loans and car finance under the Vanquis Bank, glo, Provident, Satsuma Loans, and Moneybarn brand names.

Provident Financial carries a Zacks Rank #2 and has an expected earnings growth rate of more than 100% for the current year.

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