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Market Maker Surveillance Report. COP, SVNT, ECOL, PBY, HLF, OPHC, Losing Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Tuesday, May 1

May 1, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Tuesday. 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 Tuesday there were 3839 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2964 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2820 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage loss per share Tuesday and low price friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. CONOCOPHILLIPS (NYSE:COP), SAVIENT PHARMACEUTICALS INC (NASDAQ:SVNT), US Ecology Inc (NASDAQ:ECOL), Pep Boys Manny Moe and Jack (NYSE:PBY), HERBALIFE LTD (NYSE:HLF), OPTIMUMBANK HOLDINGS INC (NASDAQ:OPHC). 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
  COP     $-15.000  -20.94%   4,458,433    29.41%    5,380,241    35.50%    -921,808     -615    
  SVNT    $-0.510   -21.52%   2,972,063    47.96%    3,217,531    51.92%    -245,468     -4,813  
  ECOL    $-4.930   -22.78%   365,103      44.06%    459,660      55.48%    -94,557      -192    
  PBY     $-3.210   -21.50%   4,626,138    37.62%    4,960,744    40.34%    -334,606     -1,042  
  HLF     $-13.720  -19.51%   8,868,881    28.91%    9,162,733    29.87%    -293,852     -214    
  OPHC    $-0.870   -34.39%   641,786      47.16%    717,954      52.75%    -76,168      -875    

Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have high net dollar losses (Change) and extremely 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 COP with a dollar loss Tuesday of $-15.00000 and a Friction Factor of -615 shares. That means that it only took 615 more shares of selling than buying to move COP lower by one penny. This means the Market Makers are allowing the stock to drop quickly (low friction). The combination of low friction and negative market direction can drive prices lower faster than normal.

CONOCOPHILLIPS (NYSE:COP) - ConocoPhillips operates as an integrated energy company worldwide. The companys Exploration and Production (E&P) segment explores for, produces, transports, and markets crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Its Midstream segment gathers, processes, and markets natural gas; and fractionates and markets natural gas liquids in the United States and Trinidad. The companys Refining and Marketing (R&M) segment purchases, refines, markets, and transports crude oil and petroleum products, such as gasolines, distillates, and aviation fuels. Its Chemicals segment manufactures and markets petrochemicals and plastics. This segment offers olefins and polyolefins, including ethylene, propylene, and other olefin products; aromatics products, such as benzene, styrene, paraxylene, and cyclohexane, as well as polystyrene and styrene-butadiene copolymers; and various specialty chemical products comprising organosulfur chemicals, solvents, catalysts, drilling chemicals, mining chemicals, and engineering plastics and compounds. The companys Emerging Businesses segment develops new technologies and businesses. It focuses on power generation; and technologies related to conventional and nonconventional hydrocarbon recovery, refining, alternative energy, biofuels, and the environment. This segment also offers E-Gas, a gasification technology producing high-value synthetic gas. ConocoPhillips was founded in 1917 and is based in Houston, Texas.

SAVIENT PHARMACEUTICALS INC (NASDAQ:SVNT) - Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing KRYSTEXXA, a biologic PEGylated uricase in the United States. The KRYSTEXXA is being developed as a treatment for chronic gout in patients refractory to conventional therapy. The company also sells and distributes branded and generic versions of oxandrolone, a drug used to promote weight gain following involuntary weight loss. It sells its products directly to drug wholesalers. The company, formerly known as Bio-Technology General Corp. and changed its name to Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in June 2003. Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in East Brunswick, New Jersey.

US Ecology Inc (NASDAQ:ECOL) - U.S. Ecology, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides radioactive, hazardous, polychlorinated biphenyls, and non-hazardous industrial waste management and recycling services in the United States. The company accepts hazardous, polychlorinated biphenyls, industrial and low-level radioactive waste, naturally occurring and accelerator produced radioactive materials, and low-activity radioactive materials, as well as provides waste treatment and disposal facility services. It offers its services to commercial and government entities, such as refineries and chemical production facilities, electric utilities, manufacturers, steel mills, and medical and academic institutions. The company was formerly known as American Ecology Corporation and changed its name to U.S. Ecology, Inc. in February 2010. U.S. Ecology, Inc. was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Pep Boys Manny Moe and Jack (NYSE:PBY) - The Pep BoysManny, Moe & Jack, together with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of stores that provides automotive repair and maintenance services; and sells automotive tires, parts, and accessories in the United States and Puerto Rico. Its product lines include tires; batteries; new and remanufactured parts for vehicles; chemicals and maintenance items; fashion, electronic, and performance accessories; and non-automotive merchandise, such as generators, power tools, personal transportation products, and canopies. The company also sells wheel covers, water pumps and cooling system parts, air filters, anti-freeze, chemicals, commercial vehicle axles, lubricants, oil, oil filters, oil treatments, transmission fluids, wheel rims, wiper blades, alternators, battery booster packs, alkaline type batteries and starters, chassis parts, power steering hoses and pumps, brakes, starters, and ignitions. It serves do-it-for-me and do-it-yourself customers, as well as repair shops and dealers. As of January 30, 2010, the company operated 587 stores consisting of 553 Supercenters; 25 Service & Tire Centers; and 9 Pep Express stores. The Pep BoysManny, Moe & Jack was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

HERBALIFE LTD (NYSE:HLF) - Herbalife Ltd., a network marketing company, sells weight management, nutritional supplement, energy, sports and fitness, and personal care products worldwide. It offers science based products in four principal categories: weight management; targeted nutrition; energy, sports, and fitness; and outer nutrition. The companys weight management product portfolio includes meal replacement shakes, weight-loss enhancers, appetite suppressors, and a range of healthy snacks. Its targeted nutrition products comprise dietary supplements, which contain herbs, vitamins, minerals, and natural ingredients that support good health. The companys energy, sports, and fitness products consist of energy and isotonic drinks to support a healthy active lifestyle. Its outer nutrition products include skin cleansers, toners, moisturizers and facial masks, shampoos and conditioners, anti-aging products, body-wash items, and a selection of fragrances for men and women. The company also sells literature and promotional materials, including sales aids, informational audiotapes, videotapes, CDs, and DVDs designed to support its distributors marketing efforts, as well as start-up kits for new distributors. It sells its products through a network of independent distributors, as well as through its retail stores and sales force in China. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

OPTIMUMBANK HOLDINGS INC (NASDAQ:OPHC) - OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for OptimumBank that provides community banking products and services to individuals and corporate customers in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties, Florida. Its deposit products include demand interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing accounts, money market deposit accounts, NOW accounts, and time deposits, as well as direct deposits. The company also provides residential and commercial real estate loans, and consumer loans to individuals and small businesses, and other organizations. In addition, it offers credit cards, cash management, notary services, money orders, night depository, travelers checks, cashiers checks, domestic collections, savings bonds, bank drafts, automated teller services, drive-in tellers, and banking by mail services. Further, the company provides Internet banking services. It conducts operations from its Fort Lauderdale headquarters and three branch offices in Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, and Deerfield Beach. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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