Volume Spike Investor

Today could represent a ket technical violation in shares of Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER).  Shares are down 10.5% at $24.65 as of 3:10 PM EST.  We have seen almost 39 million shares trade hands, compared to an average daily volume of 28.7 million shares. The key level to watch is $24.69.  That isn’t [...]

We love looking for very unusual options trading to look for flags that might now show up in the trading volume.  Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) is a name that almost never shows up on a the most active call options list.  But as of 12:45 PM EST this Monday we have seen this silver [...]

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: VNDA) is one of the leading volume stocks this morning on NASDAQ. Unfortunately for holders, it is a major downside volume alert to yet another 52-week low.  An FDA non-approvable letter is the culprit. The biotech is down now more than 60% at $1.24 and its prior 52-week trading range was [...]

The most active stock in pre-market trading is Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) after the company released its positive data on its osteoporosis treatment that Wall Street was awaiting. This stock is surging to new 52-week highs and getting out from under a very large shadow since it has had almost nothing but problems since 2006. [...]

We are seeing active trading in SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) pre-market on several pieces of data.  It looks like the FCC has given the final green light call to approve its XM Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: XMSR) buyout.   Sirius also posted a 25% revenue gain and posted a narrower loss. So far at [...]