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Market Maker Surveillance Report. MT, RIO, NE, MGM, BND, VXX, Bearishly Biased Price Friction For Friday, March 24th 2017

^{Published on 2017-03-24 18:45:17 - WOPRAI}
 

March 24, 2017 / 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 5412 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2847 companies with positive Friction Factors and 2895 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with Abnormal Price Friction (bearish bias) in their stock prices. This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices dropped. ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT), Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RIO), Noble Corporation PLC (NYSE:NE), MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM), Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NYSE:BND), Barclays Bank iPath Exch Traded Nts 2009-30.1.19 iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures Ser A (NYSE:VXX). 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
  MT      $-0.280   -0.03%    12,813,302   32.11%    11,006,141   27.58%    1,807,161    Abnormal
  RIO     $-0.490   -0.01%    4,302,317    67.90%    1,025,335    16.18%    3,276,982    Abnormal
  NE      $-0.070   -0.01%    5,843,478    38.79%    3,840,259    25.49%    2,003,219    Abnormal
  MGM     $-0.210   -0.01%    4,824,089    40.42%    3,098,610    25.96%    1,725,479    Abnormal
  BND     $-0.020   0.00%     2,427,212    64.70%    720,709      19.21%    1,706,503    Abnormal
  VXX     $-0.410   -0.02%    27,952,260   32.25%    26,163,363   30.19%    1,788,897    Abnormal

For example, the chart above shows MT with 1,807,161 greater shares of buying than selling (NetVol) and the stock price was down $-0.28000. This means the Market Makers were trading the stock in a way inconsistent with normal supply and demand (Economics 101); more buying than selling should cause prices to rise.

ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) - ArcelorMittal, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated steel and mining company worldwide. The company operates through five segments: NAFTA; Brazil; Europe; Africa and Commonwealth of Independent States; and Mining. It produces finished and semi-finished steel products. The company s products include flat products, such as slabs, plates, hot-and cold-rolled coils and sheets, hot-dipped and electro-galvanized coils and sheets, and tinplate and color coated coils and sheets; and seamless and welded pipes and tubes. It also offers long products, including blooms and billets, bars, wire-rods, structural sections, rails, sheet piles, and wire-products. The company provides its steel products to the automotive, appliance, engineering, construction, energy, and machinery industries. It sells its products in local markets and through a centralized marketing organization in approximately 160 countries. In addition, the company produces mining products, including iron ore lumps, fines, concentrates, pellets, and sinter feeds, as well as coking, pulverized coal injection, and thermal coal. It has iron ore mining activities in Brazil, Bosnia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Mexico, Ukraine, and the United States; and coal mining activities in Kazakhstan and the United States. ArcelorMittal was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Luxembourg, Luxembourg..

Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RIO) - Rio Tinto plc, a mining and metals company, explores for, develops, produces, and processes minerals and metals worldwide. It finds, mines, and processes mineral resources, including aluminium, copper, diamonds, gold, industrial minerals (borates, titanium dioxide and salt), iron ore, thermal and metallurgical coal, and uranium, as well as sulphuric acid, rhenium, lead carbonate, and selenium. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. Rio Tinto plc operates as a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group..

Noble Corporation PLC (NYSE:NE) - Noble Corporation plc operates as an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry worldwide. It owns and operates a fleet of mobile offshore drilling units. As of February 23, 2017, the company operated a fleet of 28 offshore drilling units consisted of 14 drill ships, and semisubmersibles and 14 jack ups. Noble Corporation plc was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom..

MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) - MGM Resorts International, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns and/or operates casino resorts in the United States and China. The company operates through two segments, Domestic Resorts and MGM China. Its casino resorts offer gaming, hotel, convention, dining, entertainment, retail, and other resort amenities. Its casino operations include various slots, table games, and race and sports book wagering. The company operates 14 wholly owned resorts in the United States; and MGM Macau resort and casino in China, as well as develops an integrated casino, hotel, and entertainment resort on the Cotai Strip, Macau. The company also owns and operates Shadow Creek golf course, Primm Valley Golf Club, and Fallen Oak golf course. The company serves premium gaming customers; leisure and wholesale travel customers; business travelers; and group customers, including conventions, trade associations, and small meetings. The company was formerly known as MGM MIRAGE and changed its name to MGM Resorts International in June 2010. MGM Resorts International was founded in 1986 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada..

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NYSE:BND) - Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF.

Barclays Bank iPath Exch Traded Nts 2009-30.1.19 iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures Ser A (NYSE:VXX) - ipath S&P 500 Vix ShortTerm Futures Etn due 1/30/2019.

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