I noticed those extreme asks on a lot of stocks. I also have an interesting list of stocks that printed big block buys at 16:26-27 last Friday. All but two were up nicely Monday.
Here is a list of "extreme asks":
CHTR,SINA,AKAM,TIVO,CREE,CEPH,AMAT,JCOM,BPUR,GERN,TRMS,ADRX,XOMA,
SOHU,NTES,CHINA,BIIB,UNTD,ABGX,MLNM,WEBX,ICOS,NENG,SLAB,PRCS,LOOK,
WAVX,SNIC,DSGX,HELX,OVTI,CELG,HLTH,HGSI,XMSR,AZPN,CPHD,SIPX,SIRI,
INVN,CSCO,ADVP,ASML,TEVA,BBBY,GNSS,CRUS,DELL,NVLS,MXIM,PMTC,SNDK,
ZRAN
Here is a list of stocks where the ask was exactly 2000:
QGLY,SLXP,CATG,GBTS,EMIS,SMMX,EBIO,CENT,DYAX,CRGN,INFY,PATK,CMRG,
MICU,LCRY,TCLP,BLUD,PVTB,PPCO,ORPH,ALVR,,ALCD,TZIX,VMSI,MTXX,
CAFE,GORX,BREL,NRGN,PENX,TORM,FBNW,NZUM,LABS,MCCC,CKEC,ILXO,ONYX,
NADX,RSCR,PVLS,ORBK,COOP,EWST,FPIC,CNVR,SNTO,TRPS,BRID,ARTL,CLEC,
HAVS,RIGL,IMGC,KNDL,UTHR,MODT,GMRK,FORR,IBCA,EXFO,KNBWY,KIND,POLXF,
SBTV,CNAF,CHIC,IPAR,MTIX,ACAM,NVGN,ANPI,CHGO,CMLS,DKHR,CPTS,POOL,
CASA,ARRO,ATRI,CBRL,GCOR,ACDO,EXAC,IFLO,EDAP,ELMS,LNDC,MAXE,PHGN,
MEDS,MAXF,MEOH,MLAB,MAIN,NBSC,NASI,QDEL,POCI,STRZ,STAA
These are just the ones on my watch list, there may be others.
I'm not sure what these "smoke signals" mean either, but would love to hear someone explain these odd figures.
