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Four Stocks to Watch on Technical Momentum

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Earnings news and strong technical momentum are powering these four stocks.

HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (HTGM) jumped 10.6%, or 43 cents, closing at $4.48 on very heavy volume of 3.4 million shares traded. The move came as the company, which provides instruments, reagents and services for molecular profiling applications, presented at an industry conference. This stock has great price action. It exploded up to $4.69 on Monday, then fell to $3.82 on Tuesday before bouncing back up again to close at its high for the day. If price moves beyond $4.70, a move up to $5.30 may come very quickly.

Mimecast Limited (MIME) soared to a new all-time high of $35.05 intraday before closing up $1.02 at $34.24 on extremely heavy volume of 1.3 million shares traded — more than four times its average volume.  On Monday the London-based data security company reported earnings that topped Wall Street expectations, and on Tuesday it announced it has moved its North American headquarters to a larger office to accommodate rapid business growth. Next target: $38. (more…)