Today I used Barchart to sort a list of Wall Street's highly recommended stocks to find the 5 with the best technical buy signals for my Stock Picks blog. The list includes Vectren (NYSE:VVC), Ameren (NYSE:AEE), American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP), American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) and Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN):

Vectren (VVC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new high and up 13.43% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 79.17%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 44.22
• Recently traded at 45.26 with a 50 day moving average of 41.29

Ameren (AEE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 11.09% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.39%
• Barchart computes a technical support leve at 40.92
• Recently traded at 42.58 with a 50 day moving average of 39.48

American Electric Power (AEP)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 11.61% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 75.50%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 56.38
• Recently traded at 58.27 with a 50 day moving average of 53.71

American Water Works (AWK)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 18 new highs and up 10.14% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.77%
• Barchart computes a technical support leve at 51.85
• Recently traded at 53.12 with a 50 day moving average of 49.73

Amgen (AMGN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 15.04% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 79.14%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 157.02
• Recently traded at 161.58 with a 50 day moving average of 139.99