Long Position on IPXL @ $23.68 on 8/6/2012 (Momentum)

Impax Laboratories (IPXL) is a specialty pharmaceutical company. It engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of bioequivalent pharmaceutical products. The company operates in two divisions, Global Pharmaceuticals and Impax Pharmaceuticals. The Global Pharmaceuticals division develops, manufactures, sells, and distributes generic pharmaceutical products. It provides its generic pharmaceutical prescription products directly to wholesalers and retail drug chains; and generic pharmaceutical over-the-counter and prescription products through unrelated third-party pharmaceutical entities. The Impax Pharmaceutical division develops proprietary brand pharmaceutical products that address central nervous system disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, epilepsy, migraines, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia, as well as promotes third-party branded pharmaceutical products. The company markets 101 generic pharmaceuticals, which represent dosage variations of 29 different pharmaceutical compounds; and another 16 of its generic pharmaceuticals representing dosage variations of 4 different pharmaceutical compounds. It markets and sells its generic pharmaceutical prescription drug products in the continental United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The company has a strategic alliance agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals Curacao N.V. Shares have formed a bullish "flag" and are expected to move higher out of this formation. The stock has a 52-week trading range of $14.46 - $25.36. Shares last traded at $23.18. Should you decide to take a position, wait for the morning volatility to wear off and use a stop-loss of $22.00 (five percentage points below your purchase price.) Be sure to use a limit order and not a market order. Keep in mind that our price target is 10% higher than your purchase price.

Position closed on 9/6/2012 at price of $25.08 with a 5.91% gain in 31 days.

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