3SOF

My Pick: VION

Reasons:

1) Should bounce off the 200 MA and confirm an uptrend. MACD & RSI going UP !

2) Financial losses are less and new star analyst.

3) Great setup, looking for the Golden Cross soon.

About VION:

ion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development stage company, engages in the development of therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. The company has two small molecule anticancer agents, including CLORETAZINETM (VNP40101M) and Triapine, in clinical development; and other small molecules and a drug delivery system, including KS119W and heterocyclic hydrazones in preclinical development. Its lead product candidate CLORETAZINETM (VNP40101M), which is in Phase II single agent trial, is a sulfonylhydrazine alkylating agent for the treatment of relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia. Triapine is a small molecule that inhibits the enzyme ribonucleotide reductase, and prevents the replication of tumor cells by blocking a critical step in DNA synthesis. Triapine is in Phase II combination trial with gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer. KS119 is an additional cytotoxic (cell-damaging) compound from the sulfonylhydrazine class. Heterocyclic hydrazones are anticancer compounds that have demonstrated potent antitumor effects. It also has one product development program, TAPET (Tumor Amplified Protein Expression Therapy), a drug delivery system using modified Salmonella bacteria, which is designed to deliver anticancer agents directly to solid tumors. Vion Pharmaceuticals has a collaboration agreement with the National Cancer Institute for the clinical development of Triapine. The company was incorporated in 1992 and was formerly known as OncoRx, Inc. It changed its name to Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1996. Vion Pharmaceuticals is based in New Haven, Connecticut.

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My pick for this contest is generix biotechnology
the pipe line off products they have got two positives in two weeks .
also they have orlyn dibetic treatments and also the bird flu vaccine which they got ok from us f d a and ok from the canadian re oryln to start soon after some adjustments.
see chart an yahoo .com also the history off the company.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      i don't think anyone has picked it yet! hom is my pick this month.
it has gradually been going higher this past month . with earnings coming up for this company soon and all rumours are that they are going to be good this might get over six and go on from there.
lets hope so.

Home Solutions of America, Inc. provides residential services, including restoration and specialty interior services primarily to residential properties in the Unites States. The company primarily operates in two segments, Restoration Services and Specialty Interior Services. The Restoration Services segment provides indoor air contamination removal, carpet cleaning, air duct cleaning, and fabric protection services for primarily residential properties. The Specialty Interior Services segment manufactures and installs cabinets and countertops. Home Solutions of America also supplies and installs granite materials for kitchens and baths to national home centers, as well as national builders and remodeling companies. The company was incorporated in 1998 and was formerly known as Nextgen Communications Corporation. It changed its name to Home Solutions of America, Inc. in 2002. Home Solutions of America is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

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My pick is LPTH

LightPath Techonologies Inc. manufactures proprietary collimator assemblies, GRADIUM glass products and other optical telecommunications products at its headquarters in Albuquerque. The Company's subsidiaries, Horizon Photonics and Geltech, manufacture isolator products utilizing proprietary automation technology in Walnut, California, and precision molded aspheric optics used in the active telecom components market in Orlando, Florida.

This is based purely on the chart. After consolidated for the past few weeks, and boucing off the 50 EMA, both volume and price picked up on Friday.

Volume Indicators 
20 Day Avg Vol  396,209 
Today / 20 Day Avg Vol  ABOVE 
150 Day Avg Vol  164,104 
Today / 150 Day Avg Vol  ABOVE 
Abnormal Volume  NO 
William Volume Accumulation   bullish
Volume Price Trend   bullish
Momentum Indicators 
10 Day Trend   bullish
40 Day Trend   bullish
100 Day Trend   bullish
Stochastics   neutral
RSI   bearish
MACD   bullish
Moving Average Indictors  
15 Day Trend  bullish
45 Day Trend   bullish
100 Day Trend  bullish
Mid Term Moving Average Crossover NONE
Long Term Moving Average Crossover NONE
Volatility Indicators
Abnormal Activity Today? NONE 
Volatility Index Today MEDIUM 
Volatility Index Yesterday LOW
10 Day Volatility DECREASING
20 Day Volatility DECREASING
40 Day Volatility DECREASING
Candle BULLISH

Cheers
Heres to another kick at the can







   


 

1) ICOC – ICO, Inc.

2) ICO, Inc. is a global producer of custom polymer powders and plastic film concentrates. This company has broad international presence with 18 locations in North America, South America, Europe and the Pacific. The demand of their products comes from chemical companies, oil exploration and production companies as well as manufacturers of plastic products. ICO's sales are impacted by the change in resin prices (raw material prices). If the price of resin goes up, the market prices of their products generally move up.

During the fiscal year 2005 revenues increased 15.2% and operating income rose 57.3% compared to 2004. On February 8, 2006 ICO released their first quarter report for 2006. Operating income increased from $2.8 million to $5.0 million, a 128% increased compared to the same quarter a year earlier. The company also reported net income of $0.11 per share (fully diluted) two cents more than the previous quarter.

A remarkable note has been the large amount of insider buying at ICO last year.

3) The stock rose to a multi-year high back on 02/06/06 when it hit $4.39 on higher than normal volume. Most recently the stock found resistance at $4.38 which has become the new resistance pivot point. All short and long term indicators remain bullish at the current price. A breakout is very possible if the stock is able to move above $4.39.

Hi. All
I like to pick sunwin (SUWN.OB).

Suwn.ob is in  a strong up trend, while consolidating in the last few days. It was rising too fast a week ago, so that it needs some rest.

Fundamentally, it just launch the subsidiary in the US to sell Stevia, as a dietary supplement. In the U.S. there would be a big demand for Stevia, because U.S. has millions of patients with dibetes.

The chart is at
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=%20suwn

Palm. they have  a split coming next month and since they have announced been doing very well    . and as you see the have a nice up trend going.

My pick for the contest is Globetel Communications (GTE):

Globetel, which we all know was a previous 3SOF stock picking contest winner (nice one Lucas ) has shown a couple of major spikes in the last couple months, based on expectations regarding their $600m Russian WiMax deal.  Every thime it has spiked up it has gotten beaten down again, mainly as a result of uncertainties surrounding the reality of this deal.  On Friday they announced that it would be delayed one more time (bad) but for a matter of days while the financing gets finalised.  An announcement about the first payment is due this week, and I think this will finally silence the doubters.  They also recently announced a flight test of their Sanswire II stratellite, which was much of the cause of the original runup - this has almost been overshadowed by the russian deal, but I think we will see more announcements about Sanswire - GTE looks ready to rip.

Technically, GTE has validated its ascending trendline several times, and looks set to break out of a symmetrical triangle formation.  MACD and RSI are both ticking up, and we should see heavy trading this week,  with a break to new highs above $4.50 when the announcement is made.  Of course, this is no sure thing, but there is a huge amount of expectation running on this deal, and a failure to produce the goods would kill the stock.  GTE knows it, and I don't believe they would have made the kinds of statements they have unless they were certain this was going through.  I am looking for a $6 target on this one this month - well, we'll see.

LNUX  VA Software Corporation

LNUX has been up big recently after reporting a profitable quarter on Feb 21.  What is bothersome is that the stock was up big on heavy volume the days leading up to earnings.  However, since it peaked at 4.27, it has pulled back to the 38% retracement level.  The stock looks to be consolidating recently on lower volume, but I expect it to breakout again and go to even higher levels.

Profile:
VA Software Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, marketing, and support of a software application, known as SourceForge Enterprise Edition in the United States. SourceForge is a proprietary, Web-based software application designed for corporate and public-sector information technology (IT) professionals and software engineering organizations, which combines software development and collaboration tools to track, measure, and report on software project activity.

TXCC - TRANSWITCH CP (NasdaqNM)

I`ll choose TXCC this time !
TXCC used to follow FNSR in the past, as far as I remember !
It was a good sign ( FNSR was up 40 % on friday) !
The semiconductor industry is very optimistic right now !


TranSwitch Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development,marketing, and support of integrated digital and mixed-signal semiconductor devices for the telecommunications and data communications markets. It offers SONET/SDH products that provide a direct interface for fiber optic transmission in North America, Europe, and Asia. These SONET/SDH products are used to build access equipment, add/drop multiplexers, digital cross-connects, and other telecommunication and data communications equipment, as well as applied in customer premise equipment, such as routers and hubs, and in central offices to add integrated fiber optic transmission capability to telephone switches.

The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut.

My pick for this edition of the contest is Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc.-AFOP.

AFOP is testing new 52 week highs, other companies in this sector are hot right now FNSR,JDSU and AVNX among others are leading the way. The chart looks good with a nice year long cup and handle forming. I expect some consolidation after the recent gains and hope to see 2$ soon.

Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. (AFOP) engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of fiber optic components for communications equipment manufacturers in the United States and Asia Pacific. The company offers a range of products, including interconnect devices that are used to connect optical fibers and components; couplers and splitters, which are used to divide and combine optical power; and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) devices that separate and combine multiple specific wavelengths. It also provides wavelength management solutions, which comprise WDM and DWDM components and modules that utilize thin film filter technologies to separate optical signals. In addition, AFOP offers optical devices, which consists of optical depolarizer that reduces the degree of polarization of a light source; automatic variable optical attenuator, which controls the amount of power in an optical fiber; and switchable optical drop/add module that inserts or extracts specific wavelengths in a DWDM system. The company's products are deployed by customers in long-haul networks, metropolitan networks, last mile access networks, and enterprise networks. AFOP was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Stock Pick: CEGE (Cell Genesys)

Reason: According to a long-term chart, it has been breaking out of a downtrend line on strong volume lately, and all other indicators are pointing upward.  It also looks like it wants to break out of the shorter-term uptrending channel.  It's also breaking out nicely from the highs reached last July and December.


Jeff

DSCO   Discovery Labs, Inc.

Received "fast track" designation from the FDA for "Surfaxin" to treat chronic lung disease in premature infants.  April approval pending.

DSCO has also acquired a manufacturing facility and brought on 2 new executives with experience in pediatrics, respiratory therapy, and, pulmonology.

Trials also pending for adults and other uses.  Pending approval in Europe.