These are this Monday’s top day trader alert and active trader alert stocks.  We have more color and more detail on price and volume analysis linked through to each at VSInvestor.com:

Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) is one of the top gainers, up 15%… on positive study data.

Delta Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ: DPTR) is down almost 8% and should be an active stock like it was last week.

E*Trade Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is up over 5% on an Citi call to “Buy” shares.

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is down over 3% on an analyst cut to Sell.

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) are both getting clipped on a key analyst downgrade this morning.

Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLXP) is the biggest gainer this morning with a 50% gain on its key IBS study results.

Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) is rallying over 20% on word of a Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) bid coming.  Here wwe noticed the stock is close to resistance, assuming the normal trading takes over after the jump up.

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JON C. OGG
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

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