BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. MU, AAPL, MSFT, ATVI, IKAN, ARGXF, Highest Net Sell Volume and Negative Price Friction For Wednesday, April 11th 2012

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Wednesday there were 3668 companies with "abnormal" market making, 3921 companies with positive Friction Factors and 1991 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net sell volume on Wednesday and lowest negative price Friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC (NASDAQ:MU), APPLE INC (NASDAQ:AAPL), MICROSOFT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:MSFT), ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC (NASDAQ:ATVI), IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS INC (NASDAQ:IKAN), ARGUS METALS CORP (OTC:ARGXF). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit http://www.buyins.net .

Market Maker Friction Factor is shown in the chart below: Symbol Change Percent Buy Volume Buy %% Sell Volume Sell %% Net Volume Friction MU $-0.100 -1.40% 10,145,290 45.94% 11,760,595 53.26% -1,615,305 -161,531 AAPL $-2.280 -0.36% 11,030,245 44.67% 13,526,463 54.78% -2,496,218 -10,948 MSFT $-0.090 -0.29% 19,921,310 46.75% 22,514,844 52.84% -2,593,534 -288,170 ATVI $-0.010 -0.08% 3,866,607 42.51% 5,227,377 57.47% -1,360,770 -1,360,770 IKAN $-0.020 -2.86% 46,121 2.33% 1,930,240 97.67% -1,884,119 -942,060 ARGXF $-0.011 -18.10% 105,200 6.14% 1,607,500 93.86% -1,502,300 -1,430,762 Analysis of the Friction Factor chart above shows that each of the six stocks mentioned above have low price friction combined with more selling than buying (negative Net Volume) in their stocks. The Friction Factor displays how many more shares of buying than selling are required to move a stock higher by one cent or how many more shares of selling than buying moves a stock lower by 1 cent.

For example, the chart above shows MU down $-0.10000 with a Friction Factor of -161,531 and a Net Volume of -1,615,305. That means that it takes 161,531 more shares of selling than buying to drop MU by one penny. On Monday the Market Makers allowed the stock to move down on heavier selling than buying (low negative friction).

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC (NASDAQ:MU) - Micron Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of semiconductor devices worldwide. Its products include dynamic random access memory (DRAM) products that provide data storage and retrieval, which include DDR2 and DDR3; and other specialty DRAM memory products, including DDR, SDRAM, DDR and DDR2 mobile low power DRAM, pseudo-static RAM, and reduced latency DRAM. The company also offers NAND flash memory products, which are electrically re-writeable and non-volatile semiconductor devices that retain content when power is turned off. In addition, it provides NOR flash memory products that are electrically re-writeable and non-volatile semiconductor memory devices; phase change memory products; and image sensor products. Micron Technologys products are used in a range of electronic applications, including personal computers, workstations, network servers, mobile phones, flash memory cards, USB storage devices, digital still cameras, MP3/4 players, and in automotive applications. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and retailers through internal sales force, independent sales representatives, and distributors, as well as through a Web-based customer direct sales channel. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

APPLE INC (NASDAQ:AAPL) - Apple Inc., together with subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, as well as sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. The company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, retail stores, direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value-added resellers. In addition, it sells third-party Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod compatible products, including application software, printers, storage devices, speakers, headphones, and other accessories and peripherals through its online and retail stores; and digital content and applications through the iTunes Store. The company sells its products to consumer, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise, government, and creative markets. As of September 25, 2010, it had 317 retail stores, including 233 stores in the United States and 84 stores internationally. The company, formerly known as Apple Computer, Inc., was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:MSFT) - Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a range of software products and services for various computing devices worldwide. The companys Windows & Windows Live Division segment offers Windows operating system, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer. It offers Windows operating system, which include Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP Home, as well as Windows Live suite of applications and Web services. Microsofts Server and Tools segment provides Windows Server operating systems, Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Visual Studio, Silverlight, System Center products, Biz Talk server, Microsoft consulting services, and product support services. This segment also provides enterprise consulting and product support services; and training and certification to developers and information technology professionals, as well as builds standalone and software development lifecycle tools for software architects, developers, testers, and project managers. The companys Online Services Division segment offers online information products, such as Bing, MSN portals, and channels; and an online advertising platform for publishers and advertisers. Microsofts Microsoft Business Division segment offers Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM, as well as Microsoft Office Web Apps. The companys Entertainment and Devices Division segment develops, produces, and markets the Xbox 360 platform; PC software games; online games and services; Mediaroom, an Internet protocol television software; Windows Phone and Windows Embedded device platforms; the Zune digital music and entertainment platform; and application software for Apples Macintosh computers, Microsoft PC hardware products, and other devices. This segment also involves in retail and marketing of packaged versions of the Microsoft Office system and the Windows operating systems. Microsoft was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC (NASDAQ:ATVI) - Activision Blizzard, Inc., through its subsidiaries, publishes online, personal computer (PC), console, and handheld games worldwide. The company develops and publishes PC-based computer games and maintains its proprietary online-game related service, Battle.net. It publishes interactive software products and peripherals. Its products cover various game categories, such as action/adventure, action sports, racing, role-playing, simulation, first-person action, music, and strategy. Activisions products comprise Monsters vs. Aliens, Guitar Hero, X-Men Origins, PROTOTYPE, Transformers, Ice Age, Wolfenstein, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, DJ Hero, Band Hero, Call of Duty, Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero, Three map packs for Call of Duty, True Crime, Spider-Man, Bakugan, Blur, and Singularity. Its customers include retail outlets and distributors, including mass-market retailers, consumer electronics stores, discount warehouses, and game specialty stores. Activision Blizzard, Inc. is based in Santa Monica, California.

IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS INC (NASDAQ:IKAN) - Ikanos Communications, Inc. provides broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home. The company develops and markets end-to-end products, which enable service providers to offer triple play services, including voice, video, and data. Its products provide access to digital subscriber line (DSL) access multiplexers, optical network terminals, concentrators, customer premises equipment, modems, and residential gateways for original equipment manufacturers. The company offers various product lines in the fiber, very-high-bitrate DSL (VDSL) and asymmetric DSL (ADSL) markets. Its communications processors support various wide area network topologies, including passive optical network, DSL, wireless metropolitan area networks, and Ethernet; integrated communications processor and ADSL data pump are used for modems and other devices targeting the ADSL modem market; and VDSL standalone chipsets and integrated communications processors enable the broadband over copper market and provide transmission rates up to 100 megabits per second downstream and upstream. The company serves original design manufacturers, contract manufacturers, network equipment manufacturers, and original equipment manufacturers through direct sales and third-party sales representatives worldwide. It was formerly known as Velocity Communications and changed its name to Ikanos Communications, Inc. in December 2000. Ikanos Communications was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

ARGUS METALS CORP (OTC:ARGXF) - Argus Metals Corp. and its subsidiaries engage in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resource properties in North America. It primarily explores for uranium, and precious and base metal properties. The company has an option to earn up to 75% interest in the Skull Creek uranium project in Moffat County, Colorado, as well as holds 100% interest in a base metals mineral property near the Chemainus River in British Columbia. It was formerly known as Bluerock Resources Ltd. and changed its name to Argus Metals Corp. in May 2009. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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