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ATP Oil and Gas (ATPG) Daily Short Sale Trading Volume Through 9-22-09

^{Published on 2009-09-23 10:01:54, Last Modified on 2010-12-22 14:46:46 - WOPRAI}
 

September 23, 2009 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, has reviewed the NYSE, NASDAQ, BX, CHX and NSX Daily Short Volume Report through Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 and come to the following statistical conclusions. The chart below shows aggregated daily short volume in ATP Oil and Gas (NASDAQ: ATPG) for August through September 22, 2009. To access SqueezeTrigger Prices ahead of potential short squeezes beginning, visit http://www.buyins.net.

Date Short Volume Total Volume Percent

9/22/2009 833,597 3,766,896 22.13%

9/21/2009 416,063 2,266,000 18.36%

9/18/2009 863,315 2,856,100 30.23%

9/17/2009 1,080,058 5,498,200 19.64%

9/16/2009 1,153,807 5,671,100 20.35%

9/15/2009 850,588 3,122,500 27.24%

9/14/2009 910,018 4,186,900 21.73%

9/11/2009 1,495,020 7,234,500 20.67%

9/10/2009 2,071,014 7,441,800 27.83%

9/9/2009 1,372,481 5,878,100 23.35%

9/8/2009 813,001 3,488,200 23.31%

9/4/2009 892,155 3,761,500 23.72%

9/3/2009 533,623 2,381,400 22.41%

9/2/2009 284,519 1,672,900 17.01%

9/1/2009 408,854 2,172,100 18.82%

8/31/2009 393,216 2,342,376 16.79%

8/28/2009 363,693 1,670,700 21.77%

8/27/2009 300,222 1,482,500 20.25%

8/26/2009 199,428 1,201,200 16.60%

8/25/2009 396,727 1,820,300 21.79%

8/24/2009 394,969 2,079,700 18.99%

8/21/2009 619,935 3,265,600 18.98%

8/20/2009 320,545 1,700,500 18.85%

8/19/2009 240,602 1,297,800 18.54%

8/18/2009 323,800 1,403,500 23.07%

8/17/2009 486,682 2,123,700 22.92%

8/14/2009 383,333 1,502,800 25.51%

8/13/2009 527,435 2,681,800 19.67%

8/12/2009 462,047 1,994,400 23.17%

8/11/2009 271,716 1,096,600 24.78%

8/10/2009 529,174 2,204,300 24.01%

8/7/2009 638,744 2,742,300 23.29%

8/6/2009 343,379 1,573,600 21.82%

8/5/2009 302,035 1,178,100 25.64%

8/4/2009 321,007 1,623,600 19.77%

8/3/2009 449,048 2,373,000 18.92%

Total 22,245,850 100,756,572 22.08%

In late October 2008 the SEC updated Regulation SHO requiring that all short sellers must locate, borrow and deliver any shares they have shorted, no exceptions, by T+3 settlement date. If not, a buy-in must be forced by the broker dealer that the short seller transacted through by the opening of the market on T+4. Since a company first appears on the naked short list when short sellers have been failing to deliver for 5 consecutive trading days, stocks should theoretically never be on the naked short list again. BUYINS.NET will monitor the exchangesai naked short lists daily and issue an alert and notify the SEC and FINRA should short sellers fail to deliver on any short sales.

Reg SHO Rule 204 (i) requires brokers to deliver shares on long and short sales of publicly traded equity securities by settlement date, (ii) continues to require brokers to close-out fails to deliver by the beginning of trading on T+4 for short sales and T+6 for long sales, (iii) precludes clearing brokers and their introducing brokers from selling short a security, other than on a pre-borrowed basis, if a fail to deliver in that security is not timely closed out until the fail is closed out and that close-out transaction settles, (iv) allows clearing brokers to allocate fails to introducing brokers and (v) continues to permit brokers to rely upon pre-fail credit to satisfy Rule 204's close-out requirement to avoid the pre-borrow requirements when a fail at a clearing broker has not been closed out. However, the SEC liberalized certain of these provisions in several regards. For example, permanent Rule 204 now allows a broker to close-out a fail on a long sale by borrowing the security, whereas Rule 204T had only permitted closing out long fails by buying-in, which should alleviate some of the buy-in risk for investors that experience long fails. Similar relief was extended to close-outs for market maker fails, so that a fail from a bona fide market making transaction (including short and long fails) can now be closed out by the beginning of trading on T+6 by borrowing the security. Further, Rule 204 now permits a broker to borrow securities to obtain pre-fail credit for early close-outs, whereas temporary Rule 204T only permitted pre-fail credit to be obtained by purchases of securities.

The SEC refused requests to extend the close-out deadline for fails to deliver to the close of business on the close-out deadline, choosing instead to retain the requirement that all fails be closed out by the beginning of trading on the applicable close-out deadline. The Commission also rejected requests for a fail to deliver exception that would have provided an exception from the close-out requirements if a clearing broker's fail position was below a certain amount but said that it would continue to monitor whether a de minimis or odd lot exception could be warranted.

ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ: ATPG) engages in the acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico and the U.K. and Dutch Sectors of the North Sea. The company, as of December 31, 2008, had estimated net proved reserves of 713.6 Bcfe, of which approximately 449.6 Bcfe (63%) were in the Gulf of Mexico and 264.0 Bcfe (37%) were in the North Sea. Year-end reserves were comprised of 65.3 MMBbls of oil (55%) and 321.7 Bcf of natural gas (45%). The majority of its oil reserves (61%) are located in the Gulf of Mexico. The companyais natural gas reserves are split between the Gulf of Mexico (66%) and the North Sea (34%). Of its total proved reserves, 73.6 Bcfe (11%) were producing, 37.8 Bcfe (5%) were developed and not producing and 602.2 Bcfe (84%) were undeveloped. As of December 31, 2008, the company owned leasehold and other interests in 77 offshore blocks, 41 platforms and 129 wells, including 22 subsea wells, in the Gulf of Mexico. The company operates 111 (86%) of these wells, including all of the subsea wells, and 78% of its offshore platforms. The company also had interests in 10 blocks and three company-operated subsea wells in the North Sea. The companyais average working interest in its properties, as of December 31, 2008 was approximately 76%. History ATP Oil & Gas Corporation was incorporated in Texas in 1991.

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