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Market Maker Surveillance Report. OTT, VLCCF, MCP, A, CTRN, AMCF, Losing Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Thursday, Augus

August 16, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Thursday. 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 Thursday there were 3940 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3779 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1776 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage loss per share Thursday 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. Otelco Inc (NASDAQ:OTT), Knightsbridge Tankers Ltd (NASDAQ:VLCCF), Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP), Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A), Citi Trends Inc (NASDAQ:CTRN), Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corp (NASDAQ:AMCF). 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
  OTT     $-0.490   -19.14%   371,263      41.47%    523,954      58.53%    -152,691     -3,116  
  VLCCF   $-0.700   -9.03%    351,201      42.77%    467,310      56.90%    -116,109     -1,659  
  MCP     $-1.270   -10.53%   3,305,315    31.67%    3,523,492    33.76%    -218,177     -1,718  
  A       $-3.450   -8.52%    3,333,985    26.06%    3,931,413    30.73%    -597,428     -1,732  
  CTRN    $-0.970   -7.74%    202,539      47.85%    213,224      50.37%    -10,685      -110    
  AMCF    $-0.470   -28.83%   53,042       41.34%    62,276       48.53%    -9,234       -196    

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 OTT with a dollar loss Thursday of $-0.49000 and a Friction Factor of -3,116 shares. That means that it only took 3,116 more shares of selling than buying to move OTT 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.

Otelco Inc (NASDAQ:OTT) - Otelco Inc. provides wireline telephone services to residential and business customers primarily in north central Alabama, Maine, New Hampshire, western Massachusetts, central Missouri, and southern West Virginia. It offers wireline local telephone services, which include caller identification, call waiting, call forwarding, and voicemail; long distance telephone services; communications services comprising data and voice network configurations; telephone related services, such as leasing, selling, installing, and maintaining customer premise telecommunications equipment; billing and collection services for other carriers under contract; and directory advertising services, as well as publishes local telephone directories. The company also provides network access services, such as the origination, transport, and termination of calls of long distance, wireless, and other interexchange carriers; cable television services, including basic, digital, high-definition, digital video recording, and pay per view cable television services; Internet services that comprise digital high-speed data lines, dial-up Internet access, and ancillary services, which include Web hosting and computer virus protection; and transport services consisting of the rental of fiber to transport data and other telecommunications services. As of December 31, 2009, it operated approximately 100,356 voice and data access lines; had approximately 132,324 wholesale network connections; and served approximately 4,195 cable television customers and 9,116 other Internet customers. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Oneonta, Alabama.

Knightsbridge Tankers Ltd (NASDAQ:VLCCF) - Knightsbridge Tankers Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the seaborne transportation of crude oil and dry bulk cargoes worldwide. As of December 31, 2009, the companys fleet consisted of four double-hull very large crude oil carriers and two capesize dry bulk carriers. It serves oil companies, tanker companies, dry bulk carriers, petroleum products traders, and government agencies. Knightsbridge Tankers Limited was founded in 1996 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP) - Molycorp, Inc., a development stage company, focuses on the production and sale of rare earth oxides from stockpiled feedstocks in the western hemisphere. The company operates the Mountain Pass mine, a non-Chinese rare earth deposit located in San Bernardino County, California. Its rare earth products are used as inputs in various existing and emerging applications comprising clean energy technologies; multiple high-tech uses; defense applications; and water treatment technology. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) - Agilent Technologies, Inc. provides bio-analytical and electronic measurement solutions to the communications, electronics, life sciences, and chemical analysis industries in the United States and internationally. The companys Electronic Measurement segment offers electronic measurement instruments and systems, software design tools, atomic force microscopes, surveillance systems and subsystems, and semiconductor and board test solutions. Its products include communication test products and general purpose test products. This segment also provides various services, including start-up assistance, instrument productivity and application services, and instrument calibration and repair services, as well as customization, consulting, and optimization services. The companys Chemical Analysis segment provides application-focused solutions that include instruments, software, consumables, and services. Its product categories comprise gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, and vacuum technology products. This segment also provides startup, operational, educational, and compliance support services, as well as offers trouble shooting, repair, and training services for chemical and bioinstrumentation analysis hardware and software products. The companys Life Sciences segment provides application-focused technologies and solutions comprising instruments, software, and consumables and services. Its products include liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, microarrays, polymerase chain reaction instrumentation, bioreagents, electrophoresis, laboratory automation and robotics, software and informatics, nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging systems, and consumables. The company markets its products through direct sales, as well as through resellers, electronic commerce, manufacturers representatives, and distributors. Agilent Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Citi Trends Inc (NASDAQ:CTRN) - Citi Trends, Inc. operates as a retailer of urban fashion apparel and accessories in the United States. Its merchandise includes sportswear, dresses, outerwear, footwear, and intimate apparel and accessories, as well as an assortment of home decor items. The company provides fashion sportswear for men, women, and children comprising various offerings for newborns, infants, toddlers, boys, and girls; and accessories, such as handbags, jewelry, belts, and sleepwear. Citi Trends offers its products primarily to African-Americans in the United States. As of January 29, 2011, it operated 461 stores in urban and rural markets in 27 states. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Savannah, Georgia.

Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corp (NASDAQ:AMCF) - Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, storage, distribution, and trading of blended marine fuel oil for cargo and fishing vessels with operations primarily in Liaoning, Shandong, and Zhejiang Provinces in the Peoples Republic of China. It sells its products through distributors to retail customers. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Dalian City, the Peoples Republic of China.

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