This is the reason why they are HOT, low float and every momentum trader is jumping on them like a rash!
One trend we've noticed in the past few days is continuing today -- that of momentum players piling into low-float, low-price, low-quality stocks and creating huge spikes at the open. This seemed to have begun during last Friday's holiday-shortened session, when PNTR ran 16 points. On Monday, momentum traders piled into these names again (for example, CNLG ran almost 4 points), and at today's open another slew of low-float stocks gapped up (examples: CSLR +237%, CBTE +79%, SWAT +20%, BLUE +9%, SPEX +8%, GOAM +15%, ECMV +10%, etc). As the broader mkt corrects, and as this low-float trade becomes a little too obvious, it would be surprising if many of these stocks held onto their gains..