The following stocks all had outlier moves today:
BVC (China)
BYAH (China) — 511% Change from the close
CHOW (HK)
CLIK (HK)
GRAN (HK)
HAO (China)
HKIT (China)
IFBD (HK)
INHD (HK) — 3,893% Change from the close, 17:18:58.540 T12 Halt (just in the nick of time)
ITOC (China)
LXEH (China)
MTEN (China)
NPT (China) — 835% Change from the close
PN (China)
RYET (China)
TDIC (HK)
I suffered the worst day tarding losses of the year today and will take the summer off.
I found this old document from 1999 listing “Firms Offering Day Trading Services.” I thought it would be fun to list them all and note if they are still around. It’s not a pretty picture!
Central Registration Depository (CRD) #, Firm Name, Home Office Location, Current Status
797, A.B. Watley Inc., New York, NY, Expelled 2004
42879, Advantage Securities, Inc., Houston, Texas, Terminated 1999
13992, All-Tech Investment Group, Inc., Montvale, NJ, Expelled 2002
33848, Andover Brokerage, L.L.C., Montebello, NY, Terminated 2003
34702, Bright Trading, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, Still Exists!
42429, Broadway Trading, LLC, New York, NY, Terminated 2002
31295, Carlin Equities Corp., New York, NY, Terminated 2007
16077, Castle Securities Corp., Freeport, NY, Expelled 2004
17665, Choice Investments, Inc., Austin, Texas, Terminated 2012
38304, Clark Street Capital, Inc., Skokie, Illinois, Expelled 2005
35233, Cornerstone Securities Corp. (formerly known as Insight Securities & Trading, Inc.), Austin, Texas, Terminated 2003
44523, Cyberbroker, Inc., Austin, Texas, Terminated 2008
45220, Day Trade, Inc. (aka 1-800 Day Trade), Dallas, Texas, Unable To Find
43688, Daytrading.net, L.L.C., Sausalito, California, Terminated 2003
43295, Directnet Trading (Milestone Financial Services, Inc.), Oakland, California, Terminated 2008
34721, Domestic Securities, Inc., Montvale, NJ, Expelled, 2011
42071, Edgetrade Securities, LLC (aka Precision Edge Securities, Inc.), New York, NY, Terminated 2008
44018, Generic Trading of Philadelphia, L.L.C., New York, New York, Terminated 2014
14684, GRO Corporation, Houston, Texas, Terminated 2012
38954, Harbor Securities, L.L.C., New York, NY, Unable To Find
5940, HMS Securities, Inc., Montvale, NJ, Terminated 2012
43695, Instatrade, Inc., Bellaire, Texas, Terminated 2002
30779, Investors Street, Miami, Florida, Terminated 2002
38056, J.P.R. Capital Corp., Roslyn, New York, Expelled 2007
39506, Landmark Securities Corp., Houston, Texas, Expelled 2001
7191, LaSalle Street Securities, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, Still Exists!
42595, Lieber & Weissman Securities, LLC, New York, NY , Terminated 2003
45269, Market Wise Trading, Inc., Broomfield, Colorado, Terminated 2012
42484, Metro Trading, Inc., Deerfield Beach, Florida, Expelled 2004
43295, Milestone Financial Services, Inc., Oakland, California, Terminated 2008
39293, Momentum Securities, Inc., Houston, Texas, Terminated 2008
31230, Navillus Securities, Inc., West Conshohocken, PA, Terminated 2004
39940, NDX Trading, Inc., Ft. Worth, Texas, Terminated 2013
42691, Net Trade Inc., Arlington, Virginia, Expelled 2002
43710, Nextrend Trading, Inc., Richardson, Texas, Still Exists!
45694, Olympic Trading & Investments, Monroe, Louisiana, Terminated 2005
36816, On-Line Investment Services, Inc., Jersey City, NJ, Expelled 2012
30271, On-Site Trading, Inc., Great Neck, NY, Cancelled 2003
45737, Pacific Day Trading, Inc., San Jose, Calif., Terminated 2003
41087, PIM Global Equities (aka Nextrade), Clearwater, Florida, Terminated 2004
21895, San Clemente Securities, Inc., San Clemente, CA, Expelled 2000
38439, Self Trading Securities, Inc., Austin, Texas / San Antonio, Texas, Terminated 2002
30998, Shamrock Financial Services, Lake Success, NY, Expelled 2003
40687, Stock USA, Inc., San Diego, CA, Terminated 2002
43160, Summit Trading, Inc, Houston, Texas, Expelled 2004
43571, Sunstate Equity Trading, Inc., Tampa, Florida, Expelled 2006
45141, Swift Trade Securities Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Terminated 2004
37761, Terra Nova Trading, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, Terminated 2011
39388, Tiger Investment Group, Inc., Waltham, MA, Expelled 2000
44326, Tradescape, LLC, New York, NY, Cancelled 2006
39913, Tradescast (formerly known as Finex Securities, Inc.), Houston, Texas, Terminated 1997
43635, Trend Trader, LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona, Terminated 2008
42239, Van Buren Securities, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, Terminated 2013
37733, Web Street Securities, Inc., Deerfield, Illinois, Terminated 2002
27308, WG Trading Co., Ltd., Greenwich, CT, Cancelled 2023
7263, Yamner & Co., Inc., Fairlawn, NJ, Terminated 2018
Once again the criminal manipulators sent a stock (ENSC this time) up 4,000%+ in seconds this morning… this form of manipulation creates systemic risk and needs to be vigorously policed. The same plot was hatched in CIIT and PLYX earlier this year, and the Nasdaq did nothing about those.
We can only suspect that someone with serious “pull” was hurt this time around, which caused the Nasdaq to act and finally protect investors’ interests by cancelling all trades that occurred above $0.5846 that were executed between 5:47:00.000 and 5:48:00.000 ET.
One second chart of ENSC
Time Market Status 09:13:06 ET
NASDAQ
NTX
PSX
Pursuant to Rule 11890(b) Nasdaq, on its own motion, in conjunction with NYSE Arca, CBOE Equities, FINRA and MEMX has determined to cancel all trades in security Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. (ENSC) at and above $0.5846 that were executed on Nasdaq between 5:47:00.000 and 5:48:00.000 ET. This decision cannot be appealed. Nasdaq will be canceling trades on the participants behalf.
07:40:03 ET
NASDAQ
NTX
PSX
NASDAQ MarketWatch is investigating potentially erroneous transactions involving the security Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. (ENSC) executed between 05:47:00 and 05:48:00 ET today. MarketWatch will advise with details as soon as available. Participants should review their trading activity for potentially erroneous trades and request adjudication through the Clearly Erroneous process within the applicable timeframe for filing pursuant to the rule.
“Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 606 of Regulation NMS requires all broker-dealers to make publicly available a quarterly report with regard to their order routing practices for non-directed orders. The Rule excludes from the quarterly report those orders that are directed by a customer to a particular exchange or market for execution.”
“Certain venues that brokerage firms route orders to, such as exchanges, charge execution fees or provide rebates based upon whether routed orders take liquidity from, or provide liquidity to, the venue. In addition, certain venues, including exchanges, have various volume-based tiered pricing/payment schedules pursuant to which brokerage firms may receive incremental pricing benefits based upon the aggregate trading volume routed to the venue (including volume not associated with customer orders).”
Centerpoint Securities: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information
Cobra Trading: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information
Guardian Trading: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information
Lightspeed: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information
Opal Securities: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information
Sage Trader: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information
SpeedTrader: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information
Success Trader: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information
Think Alpha: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information
TradeZero: Regulation NMS - Rule 606 - Disclosure of SEC Required Held Order Routing Information
March was an amazing month for the blind shorts, with next to no outlier losses and hundreds and hundreds of winning trades.
Don’t forget to look at the outlier moves in October 2025 (23), November 2025 (5), December 2025 (6), January 2026 (10), and February 2026 (9)
ARTL, 3/27:
CIIT (Hong Kong), 3/9:
EEIQ, 3/26:
MOBX, 3/3:
SWMR, 3/17:
TMDE, 3/2:
UCAR (China), 3/17:
UGRO, 3/25:
VCIG (Malaysia), 3/4:
WNW (China), 3/16:
As of March 22, 2026, name, number of accounts:
Interactive Brokers, 334,400
WeBull, 265,200
TradeStation, 130,000
moomoo, 77,400
Alpaca, 19,800
tastytrade, 17,400
Tradier Brokerage, 4,900
TradeZero, 3,600
Cobra Trading, 17
They launched another 6,500% squeeze this morning … scary.
$1,272,986, NYSE Arca, Inc.
$892,657, FINRA Alternative Display Facility
$493,940, Members Exchange
$403,410, Cboe EDGX
$351,515, Nasdaq
$281,490, MIAX Pearl
$10,833, NYSE National, Inc.
$8,935, Cboe BZX
$7,172, New York Stock Exchange
$2,890, Cboe BYX
$1,941, Cboe EDGA
$1,000, 24X National Exchange LLC
$920, Nasdaq Philadelphia Exchange LLC
$576, NYSE American, LLC
$262, Investors Exchange
$86, Nasdaq OMX BX, Inc.
February was an amazing month for the blind shorts, with next to no outlier losses and hundreds and hundreds of winning trades. There was one extreme outlier, PLYX, that we’ll look closer at below.
Don’t forget to look at the outlier moves in October 2025 (23), November 2025 (5), December 2025 (6), and January 2026 (10).
February 2: ROMA (Hong Kong) … note lucky number $8.88 high … the scammers know that they can act with impunity under the current US administration, so they have some fun manipulating to precise prices.
February 3: NPT (China)
February 11: NCI (Hong Kong)
February 13: RIME (USA)
February 17: OLB (USA), OBAI (USA), PLYX (USA)
PLYX hit a pre-market high of $66 after “dinging” at $3 or $4. The ~1,500% move took ten seconds. This was a disaster for anyone whose bot employs aggressive chase logic to exit in the pre-market.
Below is the one second price chart for PLYX. Unfortunately I was at the screens when this happened and saw it squeeze in real time, which was not good for my pulmonary pig valve. PLYX closed the day at $4.02.
February 26: AEHL (China)
Jeffrey Starr of Charles Schwab wrote a good comment letter to the SEC which you should read in its entirety. I’ve excerpted some key parts below:
“Large reverse splits tend to be clear indicators of potential fraud, yet Nasdaq has not been vigilant in policing this type of behavior … Many of these microcap securities are nexuses for major fraud – pump and dump schemes often orchestrated by company insiders. Many of the microcap securities in question are for shell companies from the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands orchestrated by fraudsters often, but not always, located in China.”
“Exchanges such as Nasdaq are not properly policing existing listing standards and have overly lenient rules that allow fraudulent firms to stay listed for much too long, allowing the fraud to snowball.”
I’ve been saying this for years, but I guess I should have contacted the SEC directly instead of tweeting into the void.
January started out very sweetly with a full week of large gains, but then everything changed starting on Monday, January 12. I once again grew too cocky and arrogant and even pulled my stop in EVTV as it ran up. This is the cardinal sin, and the market gods will punish you mightily if you EVER do this.
I believed that I had such a great “read” on the price action in EVTV that I could get away with pulling my stop, but of course it went much higher and I ended up puking out the full (and oversized) position after hours at the top tick, losing significantly more money than I had planned.
This began a sort of spiral as I took outsized losses in ROLR, SPHL and VERO that same week. Needless to say, I lost money day trading this month, and I got lucky to more or less miss the terrible Chinese-driven squeezes at the end of the month in TCGL, ELPW, and PHOE. Pulling one’s stop in any of those would have led to ruin.
Take your time and #shtudy last month’s example outlier moves below. Click to enlarge any of the charts. And don’t forget to look at the outlier moves in October 2025 (23), November 2025 (5), and December 2025 (6).
January 12: EVTV (USA)
January 14: ROLR (USA, scAMEX-listed),
January 15: SPHL (Singapore), CJMB
January 16: VERO (Canada)
January 21: PAVM (USA)
January 22: SXTP (USA)
January 29: TCGL (Singapore)
January 30: ELPW (China), PHOE (Hong Kong)
