October 10, 2012 / 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 3965 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2017 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3341 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage loss per share Wednesday 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. Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:THLD), Accuride Corp (NYSE:ACW), Helen of Troy Ltd (NASDAQ:HELE), Uroplasty Inc (NASDAQ:UPI), DARA Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:DARA), OCZ Technology Group Inc (NASDAQ:OCZ). 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
  THLD    $-0.700   -11.74%   1,340,470    42.25%    1,701,675    53.64%    -361,205     -5,160  
  ACW     $-1.390   -30.48%   1,426,478    34.48%    1,455,826    35.19%    -29,348      -211    
  HELE    $-3.810   -11.92%   346,625      47.45%    383,042      52.43%    -36,417      -96     
  UPI     $-0.440   -12.12%   72,401       38.15%    115,161      60.69%    -42,760      -972    
  DARA    $-0.120   -10.71%   223,681      43.23%    293,684      56.77%    -70,003      -5,834  
  OCZ     $-1.260   -40.00%   11,371,426   49.09%    11,736,449   50.67%    -365,023     -2,897

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 THLD with a dollar loss Wednesday of $-0.70000 and a Friction Factor of -5,160 shares. That means that it only took 5,160 more shares of selling than buying to move THLD 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.

Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:THLD) - Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery and development of drugs targeting the microenvironment of solid tumors for patients living with cancer. Its product line includes TH-302, a product candidate in Phase I and Phase I/II for the potential treatment of patients with cancer; and 2DG, a product candidate for the potential treatment of patients with cancer and has been evaluated in a Phase I clinical trial alone and in combination with docetaxel as a combination therapy. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California..

Accuride Corp (NYSE:ACW) - Accuride Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and supply of commercial vehicle components in North America. The company offers heavy- and medium-duty steel and aluminum wheels, light truck steel wheels, and military wheels; and wheel-end components and assemblies, such as brake drums, disc wheel hubs, spoke wheels, disc brake rotors, and automatic slack adjusters. Its products also include truck body and chassis parts comprising bumpers, fuel tanks, battery boxes and toolboxes, front-end cross members, muffler assemblies, and crown assemblies and components, as well as fenders, exhaust components, sun visors, windshield masts, step assemblies, quarter fender brackets, under bells, fuel tank supports, hood inner panels, door assemblies, dash panel assemblies, outrigger assemblies, diesel particulate filter housings, and various other components. In addition, the company offers air suspension and static seating assemblies for heavy- and medium-duty trucks, the related aftermarket, and school and transit buses under the Bostrom brand name; and other commercial vehicle components, including steerable drive axles and gear boxes, transmission and engine-related components, industrial components, and non-powered farm equipment. It markets its products under the Accuride, Gunite, Imperial, Bostrom, Fabco, Brillion, and Highway Original brand names. Accuride Corp. was formerly a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Corporation. Accuride Corporation was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Evansville, Indiana..

Helen of Troy Ltd (NASDAQ:HELE) - Helen of Troy Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, import, and distribution of brand-name consumer products worldwide. It operates through two segments, Personal Care and Housewares. The Personal Care segment offers hair dryers, straighteners, curling irons, hair setters, shavers, mirrors, hot air brushes, home hair clippers and trimmers, paraffin baths, massage cushions, footbaths, body massagers, brushes, combs, hair accessories, liquid and aerosol hair care and styling products, mens fragrances, mens deodorants, liquid and bar soaps, shampoos, hair treatments, foot powder, body powder, and skin care products. The Housewares segment provides kitchen tools, cutlery, bar and wine accessories, household cleaning tools, food storage containers, tea kettles, trash cans, storage and organization products, hand tools, gardening tools, kitchen mitts and trivets, barbeque tools, and rechargeable lighting products. The company sells its products primarily through mass merchandisers, drugstore chains, warehouse clubs, catalogs, grocery stores, and specialty stores, as well as through beauty supply retailers and wholesalers. Helen of Troy Limited was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in El Paso, Texas..

Uroplasty Inc (NASDAQ:UPI) - Uroplasty, Inc., a medical device company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of products for the treatment of voiding dysfunctions. The company offers Urgent PC system, a minimally invasive and office-based neurostimulation therapy for the treatment of urinary symptoms, such as urinary urgency, urinary frequency, and urge incontinence associated with overactive bladder; and Macroplastique, a urethral bulking agent for the treatment of adult female stress urinary incontinence. It also provides PTQ Implants, which offer minimally-invasive and soft-textured permanent implant for the treatment of fecal incontinence; and VOX Implants, a tissue bulking material for otolaryngology vocal cord rehabilitation applications, as well as distributes wound care products. The company offers its products primarily to urologists, urogynecologists, and gynecologists through direct field sales personnel and independent sales representatives in the United States, as well as through direct sales organizations in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and through independent distributors in other markets. Uroplasty, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota..

DARA Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:DARA) - DARA BioSciences, Inc., a development-stage pharmaceutical company, acquires promising therapeutic small molecules and develops them through proof of concept in humans for subsequent sale or out-licensing to larger pharmaceutical companies. The company has two drug candidates in development with cleared investigational new drug applications from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Its drug development programs include KRN5500, which completed a Phase IIa clinical trial for the treatment of neuropathic pain in cancer patients; and DB959 for the treatment of metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina..

OCZ Technology Group Inc (NASDAQ:OCZ) - OCZ Technology Group, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes computer components for computing devices and systems worldwide. It primarily offers solid state drives, flash memory storage, memory modules, thermal management solutions, AC/DC switching power supply units, and computer gaming solutions. The companys products are used in industrial equipment and computer systems; computer and computer gaming solutions; mission critical servers and high end workstations; personal computer (PC) upgrades to extend the useable life of existing PCs; high performance computing and scientific computing; video and music editing; home theatre PCs and digital home convergence products; and digital photography and digital image manipulation computers. OCZ Technology Group, Inc. offers its products to retailers, on-line retailers, original equipment manufacturers, systems integrators, and distributors. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, California..

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