On March 9th, Microsoft (MSFT) closed at $15.15. After three straight months of gains, the stock is now all the way back up to $24.07 for an increase of 59%! For a stock that investors have treated as "dead money" for a number of years now, 59% in 100 days is a pretty nice gain. As shown in the top two charts, MSFT has now moved well above its 50-day moving average. Over the last ten years, it has only been this extended relative to its 50-day a handful of times.
There was major damage done last year when Microsoft fell below a very long-term support line (shown in the chart below) that got many investors thinking the stock was headed to single digits. However, the stock quickly bounced back above this technical breakdown level earlier this year, and it's looking like $30 will be much easier to get to than $10.