I ran my fundamentals scan just now, which screens for parameters that hint at fast-growing companies with solid fundamentals. Therefore, I present to you the TBT15 (The Bull Trader 15), the top 15 stocks that came up in this scan.

Click on the symbols to see a more detailed summary of the stocks that showed up in the scan. Here is a quick look at the charts for these stocks.

This whipsaw market is really getting annoying. Here are some ascending triangle related setups from my scan for Friday.

• GEPT – Global Epoint Inc
• GDI – Gardner Denver Inc
• VTAL – Vital Images Inc

I have no internet in my apartment right now, so I’ll have to leave it at that. Take care.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Just wanted to stop by and post up some ascending triangle breakouts.

• DKS – Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc
• RGA – Reinsurance Group of America Inc
• DCO – Ducommun Inc

DKS has a nice sloped trendline. RGA is ok. DCO is a great looking ascending triangle setup but the stock has liquidity issues. Don’t forget to subscribe to this blog on your way out.

Here are some latest ascending triangle breakouts.

• HXM - Homex Development Corp
• SBAC - SBA Communications Corp
• GVA - Granite Construction Inc
• LUK - Leucadia National Corp

I have no idea where the markets are headed right now, so I’ll probably be on the sidelines. I like HXM if it retraces. SBAC has been flying for the last 6 months. GVA had a clean breakout on big volume today.

The markets showed a lot of strength today after experiencing a harsh retrace from the rally we had at the beginning of this month. I’m a bull trader and I trade only in bull markets, so here are some ascending triangle breakouts.

• CCI – Crown Castle International Corp
• FCFS – First Cash Financial Services Inc
• CKP – Checkpoint Systems Inc

The picks are pretty self explanatory. I didn’t like the selloff in todays markets late afternoon, but I will be watching carefully for clues on whether the markets will trend strongly or not. By the way, check out The Bull Trader Hedge Fund. Now accepting deposits.

Only one ascending triangle setup for Tuesday caught my eye.

• HRS - Harris Corp

HRS looks pretty nice. It’s not really an ascending triangle, but I can understand why it came up on my scan. It has broken out to blue skies territory. Remember to subscribe to The Bull Trader so you don’t miss any plays. Enjoy the long weekend. Someone please buy this for me.

Here are a few stocks that came up on my ascending triangle scan today.

• VLO – Valero Energy Corp
• WMI – Waste Management Inc
• HBC - HSBC Holdings plc
• DLA – Delta Apparel Inc

VLO is running into some resistance. WMI looks ok. HBC is my favorite. DLA was a perfect setup but it looks too hot to enter right now. It also has liquidity issues. However, it may be a good long candidate on the retrace.

I’m too lazy to chart these up, but I still wanted to share with you guys the results of my scan. Here’s what my ascending triangle scan spit out today.

• LNC - Lincoln National Corp
• FCL - Foundation Coal Holdings Inc
• BVX - Bovie Medical Corp

My favorite setup is BVX, but that stock has liquidity issues so I’ll be staying away. The BVX chart reminds me of the ascending triangle in PRLS a few months ago though.

FCL looks like it just came off of an Adam and Eve reversal bottom.

Here are some stocks that buy and hold investors must love because they keep on going up and up, even through bear markets. These stocks have held their ground through blood-baths and hard times, and should be safe investments (depending on entry prices of course). By the way, these stocks came up in a stock scan that I’m still working on.

• AIRM AOC EME FCX GMXR INGR IVX
• MCO PRLS PZZA RJF JLG SA OXPS TIE

My friend who is new to the market told me these picks were useless because many of them were trading near their all-time highs. I laughed and I was reminded of a quote I saw on Ugly Chart’s blog.

"It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower." -William O’Neil

I was happy to see that MCO came up in this scan, because I remember pointing out the MCO breakout a few months ago. Back then, I knew there was something special about MCO’s chart that made it so appealing to me, but I couldn’t figure out what it was. Now I know that it was the fact that MCO closed above its 50 DMA consistently for the last 6 months. That’s a sign that investors love accumulating this stock.

At the end of December, I predicted that we would see some bearish action. I was totally wrong. The markets have been wildly bullish so far in Janurary.

• ISRG - Intuitive Surgical Inc
• FDX - FedEx Corporation
• UNH - Unitedhealth Group Inc
• DRI - Darden Restaurants Inc
• ADM - Archer-Daniels-Midland Co

Anyways, in case we see a breakout to new highs, here are some stocks in an uptrend. In my opinion, uptrending stocks are the easiest to trade stocks in a bull market.

I ran a fundamental screen today. These are the results of the screen.

The stocks that came out were TWIN TOD VSEC PHX PEBK HEOP IBCA VLG ATRI.

Gold has been ripping lately. Prices for gold haven’t been this high for over two decades. Here are some gold stocks to check out.

The stocks are ABM AU AUY BMD GFI GG GLG GOLD HMY NEM PDG

Gold prices climbed again yesterday on fund-buying and speculation to a 24-year high. Spot gold rose $5 to settle at $519.30 US an ounce yesterday on the New York Mercantile Exchange after rising as high as $519.80 US. Spot gold is trading at levels not seen since 1981.

The markets are in a battle as the indices strive to make new multiyear highs. Play conservatively.

• EMBT - retracing to an uptrending line
• MTXX – bumping into an uptrending line. play the break.
• JEC - seeing some supportive hammer candles as it see support at the uptrending support
• ADLR – seeing some support as it drifts down to support

I’m so tired. Goodnight.

Market is making new highs. Long trades are favored.

• ASPM
• NARA

Those are 2 charts that came up from my scan today. I don’t really like either of them though.

The markets are strong right now, so probability favors long trades.

• RMD – It has retraced to an uptrending support. Love the uptrend.
• ACL – Hot uptrend.
• WMT – Though WMT has broken its uptrend, it may see a small 1 day bounce as it approaches a weak uptrending support. However, this is a high risk long trade since the trend is turning bearish. The battle at the 200DMA will reveal whether it will continue to head lower or not.

Here are my favorite stocks from my uptrending stock screen. Laters.

Yesterday’s results didn’t perform well today, but they could still be in play in the next few days (except for SMSI).

• AOC nice uptrend, touching a support
• JDAS battleground at the 50 DMA could go either way
• PIXR nice uptrend, touching a support

None of these charts look particularly good to me, so I probably won’t be buying any of those stocks.