Volume Spike Investor

Akeena Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKNS) is soaring this morning as the top percentage gainer on NASDAQ.  At 8:165 AM EST we have shares trading up 46% at $1.45 on 140,000 shares of stock.  The company’s Andalay AC solar panels are now being sold at Lowe’s home improvement stores.  Average volume here is a mere 187,000 shares and the 52-week range is $0.58 to $2.61.  Be advised that the market cap here is well into micro-cap stocks at $33 million before the huge pop this morning.  Today is likely to see an exponential trading in volume day even before the market opens.

-JON OGG