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Market Maker Surveillance Report. ATLS, FAC, AREX, MRUS, TAT, XXII, Winning Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Thursday, Se

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September 29, 2016 / 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 5558 companies with "abnormal" market making, 1888 companies with positive Friction Factors and 4154 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage gain per share Thursday 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. Atlas Energy Group LLC (PINK:ATLS), First Acceptance Corporation (NYSE:FAC), Approach Resources Inc. (NASDAQ:AREX), Merus (NASDAQ:MRUS), TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (NYSE:TAT), 22nd Century Group Inc. (NYSE:XXII). 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
  ATLS    $0.270    0.25%     451,107      50.91%    396,472      44.75%    54,635       2,024   
  FAC     $0.100    0.10%     55,477       47.67%    31,370       26.95%    24,107       2,411   
  AREX    $0.310    0.10%     1,322,217    39.55%    1,305,783    39.05%    16,434       530     
  MRUS    $2.790    0.23%     54,648       47.03%    42,969       36.98%    11,679       42      
  TAT     $0.310    0.26%     293,883      36.20%    291,035      35.85%    2,848        92      
  XXII    $0.140    0.11%     909,572      38.91%    836,657      35.79%    72,915       5,208   

For example, the chart above shows ATLS with a dollar gain Thursday of $0.27000 and a Friction Factor of 2,024 shares. That means that it only took 2,024 more shares of buying than selling to move ATLS 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.

Atlas Energy Group LLC (PINK:ATLS) - Atlas Energy Group, LLC, through its subsidiaries, develops and produces natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids in the United States. It operates through three segments: ARP, New Atlas, and Corporate and Other. The company has interests in the Barnett Shale and Marble Falls play in the Fort Worth Basin in northern Texas; and coal-bed methane producing natural gas assets in the Raton Basin in northern New Mexico, the Black Warrior Basin in central Alabama, the Central Appalachian Basin in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia, as well as the Cedar Bluff area of West Virginia and Virginia. It also holds interests in the natural gas assets in the Arkoma Basin; Marcellus Shale assets in the Appalachia Basin; Eagle Ford Shale assets in southern Texas; Rangely field in northwest Colorado; Mississippi Lime and Hunton plays in northwestern Oklahoma; and other operating areas, including the Chattanooga Shale in northeastern Tennessee, the New Albany Shale in southwestern Indiana and the Niobrara Shale in northeastern Colorado. In addition, the company focuses on investing in master limited partnership-qualifying businesses and assets. As of December 31, 2015, its estimated proved reserves comprised 921 billion cubic feet equivalent. Atlas Energy Group, LLC was founded in 2011 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..

First Acceptance Corporation (NYSE:FAC) - First Acceptance Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer, servicer, and underwriter of non-standard personal automobile insurance and other ancillary products in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Insurance, and Real Estate and Corporate. It issues automobile insurance policies to individuals who are categorized as non-standard based primarily on their inability or unwillingness to obtain insurance coverage from standard carriers due to various factors, including their payment history or need for monthly payment plans, failure to maintain continuous insurance coverage, or driving record. The company also offers optional products that provide ancillary reimbursements and benefits in the event of an automobile accident, such as products that provide reimbursements for medical expenses and hospital stays as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident, automobile towing and rental, and ambulance services; and underwrites a tenant homeowner policy that provides contents and liability coverage to customers who are renters. In addition, it engages in the disposition of real estate held for sale. The company markets its products under the Acceptance Insurance brand name. It primarily distributes its products through its retail locations, as well as through call center and the Internet. As of December 31, 2015, the company leased and operated 440 retail locations. First Acceptance Corporation was founded in 1969 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee..

Approach Resources Inc. (NASDAQ:AREX) - Approach Resources, Inc., an independent energy company, focuses on the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of unconventional oil and gas reserves in the United States. The company s properties are primarily located in the Permian Basin in west Texas. It also owns interests in east Texas Basin. As of December 31, 2015, it had estimated proved reserves of approximately 166.6 million barrels of oil equivalent in Crockett and Schleicher counties, Texas; and owned and operated 803 producing oil and gas wells in the Permian Basin. Approach Resources, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas..

Merus (NASDAQ:MRUS) - MERUS CORP (NEV).

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (NYSE:TAT) - TransAtlantic Petroleum, Ltd., an oil and natural gas company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas. As of December 31, 2015, the company had interests in 18 onshore and offshore exploration licenses and 25 onshore production leases covering an area of 880,000 net acres in Turkey; and an onshore exploration license and an onshore production concession covering a total of 567,106 acres in Bulgaria. TransAtlantic Petroleum, Ltd. was founded in 1985 and is based in Addison, Texas..

22nd Century Group Inc. (NYSE:XXII) - .

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