In recent weeks an increasing number of leading stocks setting up and breaking of solid bases have been highlighted in the CANSLIM.net Mid-Day Breakouts Report.  The most relevant factors are briefly noted in the report which allows disciplined investors to place the issue in their custom watch list and receive subsequent notes directly via email immediately when they are published (click the "Alert me of new notes" link). More detailed analysis is published soon after a stock's initial appearance in yellow once any new candidates are added to the Featured Stocks list.  Letter-by-letter details concerning strengths or shortcomings of the company in respect to key fundamental criteria of the investment system appear along with annotated datagraphs highlighting technical chart patterns in the Featured Stock Update (FSU) section included in the CANSLIM.net After Market Update each day.

Rackspace Hosting Inc (RAX +$0.15 or +0.66% to $22.97) posted a gain today and was highlighted in yellow in the mid-day report (read here) as it was trading pennies from its 52-week high.  No overhead supply remains to hinder its progress. A solid gain on the prior session reconfirmed a recent technical breakout above prior chart highs. Subsequent gains into new high territory with volume conviction could signal the beginning of a meaningful price advance. This high-ranked Internet-Networking Solutions firm has earned very high ranks, and 3 of the past 4 quarterly earnings comparisons showed better than +25% increases. Its annual earnings history (A criteria) since trading began in 2008 has been good.