Top Losers in Pre-market Today, Dec-20


These are the stocks dropping the most in pre-market trading on, Tuesday, December 20, 2011.

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Targacept Inc. (NASDAQ:TRGT) is currently trading at $5.75 down -26.1% in pre-market on 2700 shares traded. TRGT is trading -34.33% below its 50 day moving average and -58.33% below its 200 day moving average. TRGT is -74.47% below its 52-week high and 13.08% above its 52-week low.

A biopharmaceutical company, which is engaged in the design, discovery and development of NNR Therapeutics, a new class of drugs for the treatment of diseases and disorders of the central nervous system.


Red Hat Inc. (NYSE:RHT) is currently trading at $42.86 down -6.9% in pre-market on 2800 shares traded. RHT is trading -4.63% below its 50 day moving average and 4.87% above its 200 day moving average. RHT is -13.80% below its 52-week high and 44.95% above its 52-week low. RHT’s PE ratio is 68.73 and their market cap is $8.88B.

Red Hat, Inc. is engaged in providing open source software solutions to the enterprise. The Company is known for its version of Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it also provides solutions for JBoss Enterprise Middleware.

ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Fut ETF (NYSE:UVXY) is currently trading at $13.75 down -5.4% in pre-market on 4000 shares traded. UVXY is trading -27.73% below its 50 day moving average and -29.91% below its 200 day moving average. UVXY is -64.36% below its 52-week high and 3.49% above its 52-week low.

Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (NYSE:TZA) is currently trading at $29.4 down -4.7% in pre-market on 29850 shares traded. TZA is trading -5.57% below its 50 day moving average and -19.60% below its 200 day moving average. TZA is -54.85% below its 52-week high and 17.62% above its 52-week low.

The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 300% of the inverse (or opposite) of the price performance of the Russell 2000 Index. The fund normally creates short positions by investing at least 80% of net assets in financial

ProShares UltraShort Silver (NYSE:ZSL) is currently trading at $14.72 down -4.7% in pre-market on 1300 shares traded. ZSL is trading 20.43% above its 50 day moving average and -4.86% below its 200 day moving average. ZSL is -69.94% below its 52-week high and 45.25% above its 52-week low.

The investment seeks to provide daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of silver bullion as measured by the U.S. Dollar fixing price for delivery in London. The fu

Direxion Daily Energy Bear 3X Shares (NYSE:ERY) is currently trading at $13.35 down -3.7% in pre-market on 1500 shares traded. ERY is trading 3.12% above its 50 day moving average and -10.26% below its 200 day moving average. ERY is -50.71% below its 52-week high and 28.93% above its 52-week low.

The fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 300% of the inverse of the price performance of the Russell 1000 Energy Index. The fund normally creates short positions by investing at least 80% of net assets in financial instruments

Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (NYSE:FAZ) is currently trading at $43.06 down -3.6% in pre-market on 6950 shares traded. FAZ is trading -0.90% below its 50 day moving average and -7.40% below its 200 day moving average. FAZ is -45.21% below its 52-week high and 27.43% above its 52-week low.

The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 300% of the inverse of price performance of the Russell 1000 Financial Services Index. The fund normally creates short positions by investing at least 80% of net assets in financia

iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE:VXX) is currently trading at $37.31 down -3.3% in pre-market on 11000 shares traded. VXX is trading -11.31% below its 50 day moving average and 14.46% above its 200 day moving average. VXX is -34.79% below its 52-week high and 94.11% above its 52-week low.

The investment seeks to replicate, net of expenses, the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Total Return Index. The index offers exposure to a daily rolling long position in the first and second month VIX futures contracts and reflects the implied volatility of

ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500 (NYSE:SPXU) is currently trading at $14.57 down -3.3% in pre-market on 13300 shares traded. SPXU is trading 0.50% above its 50 day moving average and -9.02% below its 200 day moving average. SPXU is -40.20% below its 52-week high and 15.13% above its 52-week low.

The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to three times (300%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the S&P 500. The fund invests in derivatives that Proshare Advisors believe should have simil

ProShares UltraShort DJ-UBS Crude Oil (NYSE:SCO) is currently trading at $41.8 down -3.3% in pre-market on 2300 shares traded. SCO is trading -2.25% below its 50 day moving average and -9.08% below its 200 day moving average. SCO is -39.45% below its 52-week high and 21.44% above its 52-week low.

The investment seeks to provide daily investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse of the daily performance of the Dow JonesUBS Crude Oil Sub-IndexSM. The fund invests in any one of or combinations of the financ

ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 (NYSE:TWM) is currently trading at $41.21 down -2.9% in pre-market on 6200 shares traded. TWM is trading -2.08% below its 50 day moving average and -7.19% below its 200 day moving average. TWM is -36.26% below its 52-week high and 11.74% above its 52-week low.

The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Russell 2000 Index. The fund invests in derivatives that Proshare Advisors believe should have

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (NYSE:RBS) is currently trading at $5.8 down -2.5% in pre-market on 7500 shares traded. RBS is trading -15.82% below its 50 day moving average and -42.40% below its 200 day moving average. RBS is -62.41% below its 52-week high and 11.01% above its 52-week low.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC is a holding company though its subsidiaries provide banking, insurance and other financial services.

ProShares UltraShort QQQ (NYSE:QID) is currently trading at $46.85 down -2.3% in pre-market on 1050 shares traded. QID is trading 5.48% above its 50 day moving average and -4.53% below its 200 day moving average. QID is -24.92% below its 52-week high and 14.64% above its 52-week low.

The investment seeks daily results, net of expenses, which correspond to two times (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index. The fund invests in derivatives that Proshares Advisors believe should have similar daily ret

ProShares UltraShort S&P500 (NYSE:SDS) is currently trading at $20.74 down -1.7% in pre-market on 12300 shares traded. SDS is trading 1.09% above its 50 day moving average and -3.07% below its 200 day moving average. SDS is -26.52% below its 52-week high and 10.93% above its 52-week low.

The investment seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the S&P 500. The fund invests in derivatives that Proshare Advisors believe should have similar dai

Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:CIM) is currently trading at $2.62 down -1.5% in pre-market on 3000 shares traded. CIM is trading -3.80% below its 50 day moving average and -15.75% below its 200 day moving average. CIM is -31.21% below its 52-week high and 11.76% above its 52-week low. CIM’s PE ratio is 5.12 and their market cap is $2.73B.

Chimera Investment Corporation is a specialty finance company that invests in residential mortgage backed securities, or RMBS, residential mortgage loans, real estate-related securities and various other asset classes.

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Alex Fredricks has a degree in business and is an avid day-trader. Alex’s experience and love for the game of the markets is shown not only in his posts, but the post he helps edit for other authors on our staff.


Alex Fredricks

Alex Fredricks has a degree in business and is an avid day-trader. Alex's experience and love for the game of the markets is shown not only in his posts, but the post he helps edit for other authors on our staff.

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