Market Maker Surveillance Report. DCTH, FUEL, FRBK, SUBK, CMFB, WWAY, Winning Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Wednesday,
December 21, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Wednesday there were 3927 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3025 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3066 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage gain per share Wednesday and low price friction (bullish). This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices rose faster with less Friction. DELCATH SYSTEMS INC (NASDAQ:DCTH), SMF Energy Corp (NASDAQ:FUEL), REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC (NASDAQ:FRBK), SUFFOLK BANCORP (NASDAQ:SUBK), COMMERCEFIRST BANCORP (NASDAQ:CMFB), WESTWAY GROUP INC (NASDAQ:WWAY). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .
Market Maker Friction Factor is shown in the chart below:
Symbol Change Percent Buy Volume Buy %% Sell Volume Sell %% Net Volume Friction DCTH $0.370 18.59% 918,020 57.53% 669,064 41.93% 248,956 6,729 FUEL $0.380 16.45% 59,948 63.36% 33,869 35.80% 26,079 686 FRBK $0.430 30.71% 62,628 57.29% 46,680 42.71% 15,948 371 SUBK $1.370 15.43% 60,235 57.60% 44,134 42.21% 16,101 118 CMFB $5.460 70.45% 34,733 55.79% 27,524 44.21% 7,209 13 WWAY $1.420 31.70% 90,245 76.10% 28,340 23.90% 61,905 436Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net buy volumes (buy volume, sell volume) and low price friction in their stocks. The Friction Factor displays how many more shares of buying than selling are required to move a stock higher by one cent or how many more shares of selling than buying moves a stock lower by 1 cent.
For example, the chart above shows DCTH with a dollar gain Wednesday of $0.37000 and a Friction Factor of 6,729 shares. That means that it only took 6,729 more shares of buying than selling to move DCTH higher by one penny. The Market Makers are currently allowing the stock to rise quickly (low friction). The combination of low friction and positive market direction can drive prices higher much faster than normal.
DELCATH SYSTEMS INC (NASDAQ:DCTH) - Delcath Systems, Inc., a development stage company, develops and manufactures devices to administer high dose chemotherapy and other therapeutic agents directly to diseased organs or regions of the body. It focuses on the development of the Delcath PHP System, a Phase III clinical trial product, which isolates the liver from the patients general circulatory system and delivers high dose of melphalan hydrochloride or other therapeutic agents directly to the liver. The Delcath PHP System kit includes an arterial infusion catheter, a multi-passageway/double balloon catheter, a blood tubing filtration circuit, two hemoperfusion filters, a return catheter/a thin-walled blood sheath, and a series of introducers and related accessories to properly place the catheters. The company also conducts Phase II clinical trials to test the Delcath PHP System with melphalan against liver cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, hepatocellular carcinoma, ocular or cutaneous melanoma, and metastatic adenocarcinoma that have spread to the liver, and melanomas metastatic to the liver that have received prior regional treatment. It has a cooperative research and development agreement with the National Cancer Institute to develop and evaluate the Delcath PHP System device. Delcath Systems, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in New York, New York.
SMF Energy Corp (NASDAQ:FUEL) - SMF Energy Corporation supplies specialized transportation and distribution services for petroleum products and chemicals. The company provides commercial mobile and bulk fueling, lubricant and chemical distribution, emergency response services, and transportation logistics to the trucking, manufacturing, construction, shipping, utility, energy, chemical, telecommunications, and government services industries. As of June 30, 2010, it conducted operations through 34 service locations in the 11 states of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. SMF Energy Corporation offers integrated out-sourced fuel management, packaging, distribution, and sale of lubricants and chemicals. Its specialized equipment fleet delivers diesel fuel and gasoline to customer locations on a regularly scheduled or as needed basis, refueling vehicles and equipment, re-supplying bulk storage tanks, and providing fuel for emergency power generation systems. The companys fleet also handles the movement of customer equipment and storage tanks that it provides for use by its customers. In addition, SMF Energy Corporation distributes various specialized petroleum products, lubricants, and chemicals to its customers in Texas and in certain other markets. The company was formerly known as Streicher Mobile Fueling, Inc. and changed its name to SMF Energy Corporation in December 2006. SMF Energy Corporation was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
REPUBLIC FIRST BANCORP INC (NASDAQ:FRBK) - Republic First Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Republic First Bank that provides various commercial and consumer banking products and services for individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, executives, professionals, and professional organizations in the Greater Philadelphia and Delaware area. It offers various commercial and consumer deposit accounts, including checking accounts, interest-bearing demand accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, savings accounts, sweep accounts, lockbox services, and individual retirement accounts. The company also provides various loan and credit facilities to the businesses and residents, such as secured and unsecured commercial loans, commercial real estate and construction loans, residential mortgages, automobile loans, home improvement loans, home equity and overdraft lines of credit, and other products. As of December 31, 2009, it operated six Philadelphia offices and six suburban offices in Ardmore, Plymouth Meeting, Bala Cynwyd, and Abington of Montgomery County; Media of Delaware County; and Voorhees of southern New Jersey. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
SUFFOLK BANCORP (NASDAQ:SUBK) - Suffolk Bancorp operates as the holding company for Suffolk County National Bank that provides domestic, retail, and commercial banking services to small and medium-sized commercial enterprises, professionals, and individual consumers in Suffolk County, New York. The company offers various deposit products, including demand, checking, savings, money market, negotiable-order-of-withdrawal, holiday club, and individual retirement accounts, as well as time, savings, and term certificates. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial, agricultural, installment, mobile home, automobile, inter-bank overnight, and home equity and real estate mortgage loans. In addition, the company provides safe deposit boxes, and trust and estate services, as well as engages in the sale of mutual funds and annuities, and the maintenance of a master pension plan for self-employed individuals participation. Further, it serves as an indirect lender to the customers of various automobile dealers; and offers sale-repurchase agreements services. As of February 23, 2010, Suffolk Bancorp operated 29 offices. The company was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Riverhead, New York.
COMMERCEFIRST BANCORP (NASDAQ:CMFB) - CommerceFirst Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for CommerceFirst Bank that provides commercial banking services to sole proprietorships, small and medium-sized businesses, partnerships, corporations, and non-profit organizations and associations in Maryland. The companys deposit services include business and personal checking accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial loans for business purposes, including working capital, equipment purchases, real estate, lines of credit, and government contract financing; real estate loans for business and investment purposes; commercial lines of credit; and merchant credit card services that are offered through an outside vendor. The company also offers remote deposit, Internet banking, and cash management services. It has five banking offices located in Anne Arundel, Howard, and Prince Georges counties in central Maryland. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.
WESTWAY GROUP INC (NASDAQ:WWAY) - Westway Group, Inc. provides liquid storage and related value-added services worldwide. It manufactures and distributes liquid animal feed supplements to end users and feed manufacturers, primarily supplying to the beef and dairy livestock industries. It operates a network of 62 operating facilities providing 348 million gallons of total bulk liquid storage capacity and producing 1.6 million tons of liquid feed supplements annually. The company was formerly known as Shermen WSC Acquisition Corp. Westway Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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