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Great Southern Bancorp (GSBC $40.17) churned heavy volume and finished the session unchanged after highlighted in yellow with a pivot point based on its 2/06/15 high plus 10 cents in the earlier mid-day report (read here). The churning action is a sign that it encountered distributional selling pressure today after reaching a new 52-week high. While perched in position to break out, the action was not indicative of heavy buying demand.  Therefore, subsequent gains and a more convincing finish above the pivot point with at least +40% above average volume are still needed to trigger a proper technical buy signal.

The number of top-rated funds owning is shares rose from 162 in Jun '14 to 185 in Mar '15, a reassuring sign concerning the I criteria. It found support recently near its 50-day moving average (DMA) line, also an encouraging sign institutional support.  However, its current Up/Down Volume Ratio of 0.8 (see red circle on weekly chart) is an unbiased indication that its shares have been under some distributional pressure over the past 50 days.

Earnings increases were above the +25% minimum guideline (C criteria) in the 4 latest quarterly comparisons through Mar '15. Annual earnings (A criteria) have not been strong and steady. Note that the annual earnings results include blue triangles beside the reported earnings figures - the blue triangles are symbols indicating that pre-tax, non-recurring items were included (where possible, such items are normally removed to provide data better suited for comparison).