Market Maker Surveillance Report. WGAT, AMAT, S, INTC, SPLS, ATRN, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Fri
March 30, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Friday. 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 Friday there were 3813 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3040 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2820 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net sell volume on Friday and lowest negative price Friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. WORLDGATE COMMUNICATIONS INC (OTC:WGAT), APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. (NASDAQ:AMAT), SPRINT NEXTEL CORP (NYSE:S), INTEL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:INTC), STAPLES INC (NASDAQ:SPLS), Atrinsic Inc (OTC:ATRN). 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 WGAT $-0.024 -87.14% 2,095,153 30.96% 4,672,750 69.04% -2,577,597 -1,056,392 AMAT $-0.030 -0.28% 4,406,714 35.61% 7,956,107 64.30% -3,549,393 -1,183,131 S $-0.120 -4.03% 13,775,564 32.38% 16,624,864 39.08% -2,849,300 -237,442 INTC $-0.040 -0.16% 13,908,789 31.69% 29,942,800 68.23% -16,034,011 -4,008,503 SPLS $-0.340 -2.06% 6,994,777 41.72% 9,753,188 58.17% -2,758,411 -81,130 ATRN $-0.054 -33.87% 7,236,641 39.98% 10,865,216 60.02% -3,628,575 -668,246Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have low price friction combined with more selling than buying (negative Net Volume) 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 WGAT down $-0.02440 with a Friction Factor of -1,056,392 and a Net Volume of -2,577,597. That means that it takes 1,056,392 more shares of selling than buying to drop WGAT by one penny. On Monday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).
WORLDGATE COMMUNICATIONS INC (OTC:WGAT) - WorldGate Communications, Inc. provides digital voice and video phone services, and next generation video phones. It also offers a turn-key digital voice and video communication services platform supplying complete back-end support services with a focus on customer service. The company designs and develops digital video phones featuring real-time, two-way video. WorldGates combination of functional design, technology, and use of IP broadband networks provides true-to-life video communication. It brings family and friends closer together by offering a new way to experience communicationthrough an immediate video connection allowing them to instantly hear and see each other for a face-to-face conversation. The company serves direct retail customers, agents, electronic and retail stores, distribution companies, wholesale customer groups, and telecommunications service providers. WorldGate Communications, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Trevose, Pennsylvania.
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. (NASDAQ:AMAT) - Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic (PV), and related industries worldwide. Its Silicon Systems Group segment offers a range of manufacturing equipment used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. It provides systems that perform primary processes used in chip fabrication, including atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, electrochemical deposition etch, rapid thermal processing, chemical mechanical planarization, wet cleaning, and wafer metrology and inspection, as well as systems that etch, measure, and inspect circuit patterns on masks used in the photolithography process. The companys Applied Global Services segment offers products and services designed to improve the performance and productivity, and reduce the environmental impact of the fab operations of semiconductor, LCD, and solar PV manufacturers. Its Display segment provides equipment to fabricate thin film transistor LCDs for televisions, computer displays, and other consumer-oriented electronic applications. The companys Energy and Environmental Solutions segment offers manufacturing solutions for the generation and conservation of energy. It also provides manufacturing solutions for wafer-based crystalline silicon, and glass-based thin film applications. In addition, this segment offers roll-to-roll vacuum Web coating systems for deposition of a range of films on flexible substrates for functional, aesthetic, or optical properties, as well as roll-to-roll machine for depositing ultra-thin aluminum films for flexible packaging applications. The company serves manufacturers of semiconductor wafers and chips, flat panel liquid crystal displays, solar photovoltaic cells and modules, and other electronic devices. Applied Materials, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
SPRINT NEXTEL CORP (NYSE:S) - Sprint Nextel Corporation, through its subsidiaries, offers wireless and wireline communications products and services to individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers, and resellers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The companys Wireless segment provides data transmission services, including mobile productivity applications, such as Internet access, messaging, and email services; wireless photo and video offerings; location-based capabilities comprising asset and fleet management, dispatch services, and navigation tools; and mobile entertainment applications; and local and long distance wireless voice services, voicemail, call waiting, three-way calling, caller identification, directory assistance, and call forwarding services. This segment also provides customized design, development, implementation, and support services for wireless services provided to large companies and government agencies, as well as sells accessories, such as carrying cases, hands-free devices, batteries, battery chargers, and other devices and accessories to subscribers, agents, and other third-party distributors for resale. The companys Wireline segment offers voice and data communications, including domestic and international data communications using various protocols, such as multiprotocol label switching technologies, IP, managed network services, voice over Internet protocol, session initiated protocol, and traditional voice services, as well as offers wholesale voice local and long distance services. This segment markets and sells its services primarily through direct sales representatives. The company offers its wireless and wireline voice and data transmission services under the Sprint, Nextel, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Assurance Wireless, and Common Cents. Sprint Nextel Corporation was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
INTEL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:INTC) - Intel Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. It offers microprocessor products used in notebooks, netbooks, desktops, servers, workstations, storage products, embedded applications, communications products, consumer electronics devices, and handhelds. The company also provides system on chip products that integrate its core processing functionalities with other system components, such as graphics, audio, and video, onto a single chip. In addition, it offers chipset products that send data between the microprocessor and input, display, and storage devices, including keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, and CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drives; motherboards designed for desktop, server, and workstation platforms, and that has connectors for attaching devices to the bus; and wired and wireless connectivity products consisting of network adapters and embedded wireless cards used to translate and transmit data across networks. Further, the company provides NAND flash memory products primarily used in portable memory storage devices, digital camera memory cards, and solid-state drives; software products comprising operating systems, middleware, and tools used to develop, run, and manage various enterprise, consumer, embedded, and handheld devices; and software development tools that enable the creation of applications. Additionally, it develops computing platforms, which are integrated hardware and software computing technologies designed to offer an optimized solution. The company sells its products principally to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, PC components and other products users, and other manufacturers of industrial and communications equipment. It has a strategic alliance with Scientific Conservation Inc. Intel Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.
STAPLES INC (NASDAQ:SPLS) - Staples, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an office products company. The company sells various office supplies and services, business machines and related products, computers and related products, and office furniture. It also provides high-speed, color and self-service copying, other printing services, faxing, and pack and ship services. As of January 30, 2010, the company operated approximately 2,243 superstores in 48 states and the District of Columbia in the United States, and 10 provinces and 2 territories in Canada, as well as in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the People's Republic of China, Argentina, and Australia. It also operated 125 distribution and fulfillment centers in 29 states in the United States and 8 provinces in Canada, as well as in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the People's Republic of China, Argentina, Brazil, and Australia. The company also offers its products through catalogs, Internet, and sales force. Staples, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Atrinsic Inc (OTC:ATRN) - Atrinsic, Inc. operates as a direct to consumer Internet marketing company. The company sells entertainment and lifestyle subscription products direct to consumers through the Internet. It offers Kazaa, a subscription-based digital music service that enables users to download music files and ringtones; GatorArcade, a casual game subscription service that provides access to digital games, arcade games, strategy games, puzzles, and mobile entertainment; and subscription-based lifestyle services and clubs, which offer consumers an access to shopping and entertainment coupons and other services that could be redeemed online. The company also develops and manages search engine marketing campaigns for third party advertising clients, as well as offers online marketing services, including a display media platform, online and business intelligence, and brand protection. In addition, it enables advertisers to use its affiliate network to create partnerships with publishers to drive Website traffic, customer acquisitions, and online sales. Further, the company provides lead generation services. It serves corporate clients, advertisers, and end user consumers. The company was formerly known as New Motion, Inc. and changed its name to Atrinsic, Inc. in June 2009. Atrinsic, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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