Earnings were somewhat lukewarm with some mixed news on a settlement, but the stock still had a solid volume breakout.  A large chunk of the early gains were given back today, so this one isn’t too far off the buy point.  I usually play these kinds of things on inside bar breakouts if it looks like it’s going to follow through.

Another IBD stock, but this one hasn’t broken out yet.  KORS at $50 looks interesting, but since it just ran up 100%+ at the beginning of the year, I wouldn’t bet on it breaking out of its consolidation phase too soon.  I’ll be interested to see what it can do if/when it does though.

Cirrus Logic on the nice breakout with good volume and a declining volume pullback.  It needs to come back a little further before it’s at a new buy point, but it’s something to keep an eye on.

Coinstar is probably something you’ve heard of.  They’re all over the place with their change machines and also their Redbox kiosks.  The breakout has a lot of warning signs — enough that I wouldn’t classify it as a real breakout yet.  Low volume and a high open/low close should apply the brakes, and the general market weakness should knudge your hand over to the parking brake.  You shouldn’t trade against the market, but it’s a positive sign that despite a 1% drop in the market CSTR managed a positive 7% day.  I like this one if the market manages to recover its strength.

Another IBD stock, but this one will be interesting with a support test.  The initial breakout last year proved to be a decent support zone for this year, so it’ll be interesting to see if this falls through $32 in some general market weakness.  I know I just said I’m not screening for bearish positions, but I also like this as a potential short if the market does breakdown and this stock dips below support.

I was just going through the IBD list to see what’s interesting and CMI’s chart fit the bill.  Nice numbers and it’s on a breakout.  While it’s not actually overextended right now, it looks like it would be really solid on a support test. 

Usually a huge company like MasterCard isn’t such a stalwart on the IBD list, but both MA and V have been on and off the list a lot.  They’re both currently on the list, but I like the chart for MA more.  It’s currently at the bottom of the long term channel, so a nice move over something like $350 gives a nice 10% run with some upside.

SodaStream was one of my favorite growth stocks last year.  When I mentioned it here the first time, it just had a breakout over $36.  I rode it up to $50, got shaken out, and then it promptly ran all the way up to $80.  Growth has still been impressive, and with the stock back down under $40 it has some potential for excitement once again. 

Apple has a bit of an ugly daily chart, but the weekly chart is still pretty nice, with the stock at the bottom of the long term channel.  The financials were skewed this year because the iPhone was shifted from the summer months to this quarter.  However, the initial market research is saying that the Kindle Fire will actually be a strong competitor to the iPad this holiday season, so who knows if they’ll be able to keep up their ridiculous growth.  Either way, it looks like AAPL is getting to a decent buy point if you’ve been waiting for a while.

Not a great stock fundamentally yet, I really like LVLT as a company right now.  They’ve been winning things like the Netflix deal, and CDNs are still a huge growth area with the explosion of mobile usage and streaming media.  It’s not really at a buy point, but something to keep an eye on for the future.