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SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has suddenly become everyone’s buddy again.  After shares cracked through the $1.00 mark they just kept running.  At 2:28 PM EST we have seen a whopping 161 million shares trade hands and the stock is up 8.5% more at $1.14 for a new 52-week high (intraday high $1.18).  If [...]

These are this Thursday’s top pre-market day trader and active trader alert stocks with a brief explanation and color on each: Xenoport, Inc. (NASDAQ: XNPT) is the worst we have seen in a while…. Shares are down about 64% at $7.05 on almost 4 million shares as of 8:48 AM EST.  Average volume is under [...]

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has done what many would have bet against… It has broken the buck, and to the upside.  We have seen over 100 million shares of the satellite radio monopoly trade hands today and shares are up over 9% at $1.05.  $0.98 was a new high yesterday, following $0.95 earlier. [...]

These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks seen in the pre-market hours with a time stamp and brief explanation on each: Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) closed at $27.11 and is up over 8% at $29.35 on 19,795 as of 8:54 AM EST after it reached an agreement to hold off [...]

These are some of the top day trader alert and active trader alert stocks seen early this Tuesday morning in the pre-market hours: NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD) is trading up over 10% after it sold a 30% stake in Nextel Mexico to Grupo Televisa.  At 8:30 AM EST we have seen 86,000 shares trade [...]

This morning is a little light on day trader and active alert stocks.  That is partly because of Friday, but there just are not as many big movers this morning compared to what we see on many trading days: Blue Nile, Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE) closed at $52.56 yesterday and shares are down 13.4% at $45.50 [...]

We have provided a list of top day trader and active trader alert stocks this morning with a brief explanation of each move as well as what the move and trading volume is.  Time stamps are at approximately 8:45 AM EST. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) is trading up about 6% at $10.72 on almost [...]

We have many key movers, and many up by double-digit percentages.  These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE)  is trading up 3.5% at $33.45 on about 76,000 shares after two different analyst upgrades. Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHX) is trading up big after it received a [...]

National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is up on hopes that that either a German-led or EU-led bailout or aid package will end the country’s woes.  It is not just important by how much higher this stock is today, but the notion of the major trading volume is extremely important.  This has become the [...]

These are some of the top trading stocks seen on price and volume moves for day traders and active traders: Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) is trading up this morning by 2.25% at $58.75 on almost 200,000 shares on its report that its Phase III head-to-head trial evaluating Denosumab met its primary and secondary endpoints versus [...]