Volume Spike Investor

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 200,000 [...]

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) closed at $136.74, down over 1% in regular trading.  The company gave mixed guidance for all of 2010 that is actually being well received by the after-hours trading session.  UPDATE: at 5:57 PM EST we have shares now up only 2.75% at $140.50 (at 4:43 PM EST we had shares [...]

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) is up again this morning after the company already had a big trading day on Monday.  The solar company raised guidance last night after the close and announced a share buyback program.  This had shares up 6% after the news at $5.64 on 775,256 shares in the after-hours [...]

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) managed to turn a profit as earnings were $17.3 million, or $0.10 EPS, compared to a loss a year ago of some $18 million or -$0.36 EPS.  Revenue was $193.3 million, but Thomson Reuters estimates were $0.03 EPS on $136.23 million in revenues.  This quarter was also JA [...]

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) is soaring this morning.  Morgan Stanley raised its rating early today to OVERWEIGHT from Equal-Weight this morning ahead of earnings.  As the conference call for earnings is just tomorrow, it seems traders feel the Morgan Stanley team might know something or have better insight.  At 9:14 AM EST [...]

JA Solar Holdings Co. (Nasdaq: JASO) shares are up nearly 4 percent to $3.94 on about 10,000 premarket shares traded as of 8:30 a.m. Eastern. The company’s stock was started with a Buy rating and a $5 price target at Needham & Co., saying it is well positioned to benefit from a growing solar market [...]

Solar energy stocks are mostly higher in premarket trading this morning, after UBS upgraded Sunpower Corporation (Nasdaq – SPWRA) to a Buy, calling it the best-positioned U.S. solar play.
The positive sentiment is also spilling over to many other names in the group, as they all can potentially benefit from the same trends UBS says could [...]

We are seeing a sharp rise in the volume of solar power stocks this morning.  Unfortunately, it is to the downside despite some peers holding up on the news.  LDK Solar Co. (NYSE: LDK) issued a warning for Q4 and for 2009 revenues and margins, and you can see the full description of their warning.  [...]

As of 9:09 AM EST we are seeing a substantial interest in the price of solar power stocks.  Stocks in general rising are helping out, and the pop of $2.00 in oil today probably is not hurting matters.

First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) $92.81 close, $98.00 last, +5.6% on 23,000 shares.
GT Solar (NASDAQ: SOLR) $2.49 close, $2.86 [...]

JA Solar Holdings, Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) is down sharply this morning and this may spill over into other solar stocks even if it is isolated news.  The company posted a loss for the quarter on what it is blaming as exposure to Lehman.  Unfortunately it is also lowering itrs forecasts.
At 8:33 AM EST we [...]