We're keeping an eye on this one as well:
Flir Systems, Inc’s (FLIR) technological and military orientation offers a twin benefit to market players, given the Trump administration’s commitment to higher defense spending. It stalled just above $37 in 2011 at the tail end of a 2-year recovery wave and failed a breakout attempt at that level in 2014. The stock returned for a third visit at the end of 2016 and dropped into a sideways pattern that’s holding close to that resistance level.
This coiling action predicts a multiyear breakout that tests the 2008 all-time high at $45.49. The sky’s the limit once that level gets mounted, favoring a rapid advance that could offer outsized gain to well-timed long positions. Early trade entry ahead of a breakout makes perfect sense because the narrow trading range supports relatively tight stop losses in case of an unexpected downturn. The company reports earnings on April 26.