Institutional TraderAn institutional trader manages relatively large amounts of capital, compared to most traders. Institutional traders will typically have larger positions and hold them for longer periods of time. When they trade, they often trade large numbers of shares at once. It's often said that institutional traders are the ones who really move the markets. They create the large, sustained price changes. Most of the noise in the markets comes from day traders, trying to see what the institutions are doing and acting accordingly. The remaining investors do not make a serious impact on the market. We offer a variety of longer term alerts, such as the VWAP and the 200 day moving average alerts, aimed specifically at the institutional investors. We also offer a variety of shorter term alerts, like the block trade and running up alerts, specifically aimed at people trying to follow the institutional investors.
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 | May 16th, 4:18:50 PM | FXN | New High: +0.05. | more |  | May 16th, 4:15:13 PM | EEV | New Low: -0.11. | more |  | May 16th, 6:17:26 PM | MTZ | Price crossed above close (10.07). Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 5:33:36 PM | ABH | Price crossed below close (10.00). Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 6:40:55 PM | BYI | Strong consolidation. $42.27-42.35. Shares: 335,328. Time: 2 hours 54 minutes. | more |  | May 16th, 6:54:23 PM | EEE | Running up: +0.05 in less than one minute. | more |  | May 16th, 6:44:44 PM | CPST | Running down: -0.08 in less than one minute. | more |  | May 16th, 6:23:14 PM | MTZ | Running up: +0.11 in 3 minutes 38 seconds. Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 5:08:14 PM | LHCG | Running down briskly: -0.20 in 68 minutes 11 seconds. Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 6:17:26 PM | MTZ | Price crossed above 200 day SMA (10.7451). Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 4:14:06 PM | TXRH | Price crossed below 200 day SMA (11.3065). Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 4:18:55 PM | TLAB | Price crossed above 50 day SMA (5.595). Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 5:08:03 PM | PRGS | Price crossed below 50 day SMA (29.8294). Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 4:26:06 PM | AZPN | Price crossed above 20 day SMA (13.947). Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 5:33:36 PM | ABH | Price crossed below 20 day SMA (9.865). Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 6:37:28 PM | JASO | Price crossed above VWAP (24.6024). Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 6:31:00 PM | APC | Price crossed below VWAP (78.1656). Confirmed by volume. | more |  | May 16th, 6:56:15 PM | FORM | Channel breakout from $22.04-22.15, 3 hours 33 minutes. | more |  | May 16th, 6:59:09 PM | BBI | Channel breakdown from $3.13-3.19, 3 hours 47 minutes. | more |  | May 16th, 6:40:55 PM | BYI | Block trade. Trading between. (NASDAQ) | more |
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Block Trade,
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