Volume Spike Investor

By now you already know that Howard Stern has announced that he is sticking with SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) in a new 5-year deal.  What is interesting is how much trading has gone into the news this morning.  It is almost an hour into the trading day and SIRIUS shares are already approaching [...]

We have scanned the options trades for highly unusual options trading patterns from Friday to see which will be carryover issues into next week.  Some may seem logical, while some may seem odd.  Friday’s highly unusual options trading that will carry over into next week was seen in Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA), Brocade Communications Systems, [...]

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) was listed an “Unusual Suspect” this weekend by us at 24/7 Wall St. because it was very close to putting in a 52-week high after its recently raised guidance.  Now today the stock has hit a 52-week high and done so on above-average stock volume.  At 3:20 PM EST [...]

We updated the major short interest changes on some of the most active cult stocks that are from listed penny stocks and low priced stocks based on June 15 settlement date changes from May 28.  Stock tickers are as follows: ALU, ABK, BBI, BGP, BRCD, C, DRYS, FRE, FNM, NOK, PALM, PMI, BPOP, RAD, SIRI, [...]

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is trading higher this morning, perhaps partly on a poll taken by TheStreet.com saying that the days of its penny stock status are behind it.  But what may be more important than anything is that this has shares challenging 52-week highs even if the multi-year highs are far higher.  [...]

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is up big on active trading after announcing that its Q1 subscriber growth was 171,441 net subscribers.  That compares to a decline of 404,422 in the first quarter of 2009.   The satellite radio monopoly now has 18,944,199 subscribers, up 344,765 over the year ago quarter. The company also noted [...]

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has seen a lot of trading volume in recent days considering the lack of real company news.  It is almost daily that some subscriber or free newsletter is issuing an alert on the stock, but not noticing the elevated share volume is getting to be almost impossible.  Shares are [...]

Two and three weeks ago, SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) was the talk of Wall Street.  Since last year, the stock has risen fast than a rocket from under $0.10 to finally back over $1.00.  An analyst ‘Buy’ recommendation from Wunderlich in recent weeks with a $1.00 price target and then some added upgrades [...]

These are this Monday’s top day trader and active trader alerts.  We have given added price and volume data and given the news or events behind the move with added color where applicable: OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIP) is soaring this morning after Astellas in Japan said it was commencing a hostile tender offer directly [...]

These are today’s top day trader and top active trader alert stocks seen in the pre-market movers.  We have offered some color and data on price and trading volume on each news mover. American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG), a.k.a. Government Insurance, is trading lower after earnings this morning.  The troubled insurer posted an $8.9 [...]