Volume Spike Investor

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) has what appeared to be extremely unusual options trading volume on the surface.  It may just be a close-out trade.  An options screen showed that the JAN-2011 $20 CALLS showed a whopping 75,877 contracts traded ay 12:15 PM EST, the equivalent of more than 7.5 million shares on a fully [...]

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 [...]

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) rose despite some mixed reports.  The video game giant posted non-GAAP earnings at $0.06 EPS on $1.15 billion in revenues versus Thomson Reuters consensus estimates of $0.07 EPS and $1.13 billion in revenues. EA reported more cost reductions and will close several facilities and make job cuts of 1,500 by [...]

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) is rising after the close despite some mixed reports.  The video game giant posted non-GAAP earnings at $0.06 EPS on $1.15 billion in revenues versus Thomson Reuters consensus estimates of $0.07 EPS and $1.13 billion in revenues.  More importantly, EA reported more cost reductions and will close several facilities and [...]

Genzyme Corp. (NASDAQ: GENZ) won a recommendation from the FDA advisory committee unanimously recommending approval of Genzyme’s Synvisc-one for osteoarthritis in the knee. Shares are indicated up almost 3% at $65.00. Just keep in mind that its market cap is now $17 billion. Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXA) announced that its AZ-004, an inhalation product [...]

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) is seeing a major move this morning.  So far it isn’t a good one.  Shares closed Friday at $24.84 and we are seeing a 5.5% drop to $23.47 on 426,906 shares as of 9:25 AM EST. If you recall, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) has been in an effort to [...]