Stock Pick of the day: Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd.(NASDAQ:CHTP)

Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd said U.S. health regulators have informed the company that it may reapply for the marketing approval of its once-rejected hypotension drug Northera using data from its earlier study. Chelsea's shares more than doubled in value to $1.61 before the bell on Wednesday, as the company said it plans to file for approval for the drug in the second quarter of the year.

It's Complicated

Picking stocks isn't easy. Take Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(NASDAQ:FOLD) for example. Earlier this week it popped up on our radar due to increased investments by Glaxo, increasingly strong technical support, and increasing volume. All signs pointed to go until they announced a late stage study of the drug migalastat HCI didn't meet its primary goal. The stock dropped significantly although it was still up 67% this year.

Todays free stock pick: Ariad Pharmaceuticals (ARIA)up 5.91%. Although ARIA had a very clear "sell-the-news" reaction to the FDA approval of the company's chronic myelogenous (CML) drug iclusig (ponatinib) on friday, it is rebounding today. The catch for the drug approval is that the drug can only be used for Ph+ patients that are resistant to prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatments, but this only cuts out ~5% of the 5,000 new cases of CML in the United States each year. For the most part, everyone was expecting ARIA to get a drug approval (although the timing wasn't as certain, since the original PDUFA action date for ARIA was March 27, 2013. ARIA's sell the news lopped off over 20% of the stock's price on Friday alone, but the overall long-run gains that shareholders saw this year have been very solid. ARIA is up about 55% YTD, and offers good potential in 2013 despite it's expensive price.

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The Challenge of Stock Picking

Picking stocks is difficult to say the least. That is probably why you are here reading more about our stock picking service. Even the famous Jim Cramer struggles on a daily basis to pick stocks. One benefit of Catalyst Stocks is that our service is primarily based on a special system that eliminates human emotion from the process.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- "I can help you do better in the markets," Jim Cramer told the viewers of his "Mad Money" TV show Thursday, as he gave a behind-the- scenes peek into how he recommends stocks for the show.

He said it's all about picking stocks that offer the maximum gain with the minimum risk, and in an up market, that's not as easy as you might think.

Cramer said offering up stocks on "Mad Money" is a daily challenge, because getting it right is rarely noticed, but getting it wrong comes with great consequences. Cramer said he's always weighing the risk reward on every stock he pitches, looking at its ability to make you money versus the risk of losing it.

Case in point, Netflix (NFLX), a stock Cramer's championed since the stock got hit hard on a perceived bad quarter.

Cramer said he was tempted to re-recommend the stock after a powerful move earlier this week, but the risk reward was simply too great. The stock, he said, was just too risky after such a big move. Turns out, Cramer's caution was rewarded after today's market slide wiped out most of the company's gains this week.

Cramer said he was also leery of recommending Limelight Networks (LLNW) on last night's show after the stock had run $4.40 this week and 50% so far this year. Cramer said he grilled Limelight's CEO with tough questions to be sure the stock was worthy, but decided to only recommend buying the stock on weakness.