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TheDesperateTrader.com· $ Volume & scanner alerts · Friday, Sep 18

The most active stocks from the latest market session (Friday, Sep 18), two ways: Most $ Volume (price × shares traded, so real money and liquidity, not penny-stock share counts) and Most Active by scanner alerts (the names that fired the most unusual-volume and momentum alerts - the busiest tickers for a day trader). Tap any ticker for its live chart and alert history.

As of Fri, Sep 18 close

Most $ Volume · 30

SPYState Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust$56.4B-0.1% · $761.69 2

SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A Common Stock$51.1B-1.4% · $152.71 3

NVDANvidia Corp$42.3B+1.3% · $222.27 4

MUMicron Technology, Inc.$36.4B+3.9% · $1,015.80 5

QQQInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1$34.9B+0.6% · $721.45 6

SNDKSandisk Corporation Common Stock$32.0B+11.0% · $1,791.82 7

AAPLApple Inc.$29.1B-0.3% · $336.13 8

MSFTMicrosoft Corp$19.6B-0.8% · $493.78 9

BEBloom Energy Corporation$19.5B-5.4% · $265.63 10

INTCIntel Corp$19.0B-0.2% · $108.60 11

TSLATesla, Inc. Common Stock$18.9B-0.5% · $364.27 12

METAMeta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock$18.4B-2.4% · $665.75 13

AMDAdvanced Micro Devices$17.8B+2.7% · $559.82 14

GOOGLAlphabet Inc. Class A Common Stock$16.6B+0.6% · $349.54 15

AVGOBroadcom Inc. Common Stock$15.7B+3.0% · $357.61 16

AMZNAmazon.Com Inc$13.4B+1.0% · $253.71 17

SKHYSK hynix Inc. American Depositary Shares$13.3B+2.5% · $187.50 18

GOOGAlphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock$11.8B+0.2% · $344.41 19

CVXChevron Corporation$9.9B-1.0% · $209.51 20

QCOMQualcomm Inc$9.7B-5.8% · $177.72 21

IWMiShares Russell 2000 ETF$8.9B-0.5% · $284.10 22

LITELumentum Holdings Inc. Common Stock$8.6B+4.2% · $930.91 23

MSTRStrategy Inc Common Stock Class A$8.4B+16.4% · $153.92 24

NFLXNetFlix Inc$8.2B-4.7% · $71.79 25

ILMNIllumina Inc$7.8B-2.3% · $239.62 26

PEverpure, Inc.$7.6B+0.1% · $104.14 27

VVISA Inc.$7.2B-0.4% · $368.29 28

PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc. Class A Common Stock$7.0B+0.8% · $177.64 29

VOOVanguard S&P 500 ETF$6.7B+0.1% · $701.78 30

DELLDell Technologies Inc.$6.7B-3.5% · $568.06

Most Active - Scanner Alerts · 26

Ranked by how many unusual-volume & momentum alerts each stock fired - the busiest names for active traders.

ZTGZenta Group Company Limited Class A Ordinary Shares79 alerts+34.2% · $1.61 2

NCPLNetcapital Inc. Common Stock57 alerts+50.2% · $0.85 3

TRUGTruGolf Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock55 alerts+20.3% · $0.46 4

GEMIGemini Space Station, Inc. Class A Common Stock49 alerts+33.1% · $5.90 5

IMCCIM Cannabis Corp. Common Shares49 alerts+82.3% · $3.17 6

USDEStablecoinX Inc. Class A Common Stock47 alerts+32.9% · $10.25 7

BIAFbioAffinity Technologies, Inc. Common Stock46 alerts+0.0% · $8.75 8

BTCTBTC Digital Ltd. Ordinary Shares45 alerts+9.5% · $1.27 9

QNMEQuanome Technologies, Inc. Common Stock43 alerts+54.2% · $0.45 10

CYPHCypherpunk Technologies Inc. Common Stock42 alerts+26.4% · $3.88 11

SSMSono Group N.V. Ordinary Shares42 alerts+9.6% · $1.60 12

TCRTAlaunos Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock41 alerts-16.9% · $1.33 13

DFDVDeFi Development Corp. Common Stock40 alerts+20.9% · $6.04 14

SLXNSilexion Therapeutics Corp Ordinary Shares40 alerts+6.3% · $0.40 15

GIPRGeneration Income Properties Inc. Common Stock40 alerts+52.4% · $0.67 16

MRNOMurano Global Investments PLC Ordinary Shares39 alerts+41.1% · $0.31 17

XENEXenon Pharmaceuticals Inc39 alerts-30.6% · $39.80 18

MSTWRoundhill MSTR WeeklyPay ETF38 alerts+20.2% · $5.09 19

ABTCAmerican Bitcoin Corp. Class A Common Stock38 alerts+13.7% · $10.04 20

DSPViant Technology Inc. Class A Common Stock36 alerts+22.3% · $12.25 21

CPOPPop Culture Group Co., Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares36 alerts+16.1% · $4.32 22

DCXDigital Currency X Technology Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares35 alerts-69.8% · $0.13 23

SECZSecuritize Corp.35 alerts+22.2% · $10.91 24

BENFBeneficient Class A Common Stock34 alerts-3.5% · $0.61 25

SDSTStardust Power Inc. Common Stock34 alerts-45.7% · $0.14 26

RETOReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. Class A Shares33 alerts-10.3% · $0.19

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Everything you need to know about today’s most active stocks on TheDesperateTrader.

What are the most active stocks today?: The most active stocks are those trading the highest dollar volume (share price × shares traded), ranked from Friday, Sep 18. High dollar volume means real money and liquidity are moving through the name, which is what day traders and institutions watch.
Why rank by dollar volume instead of share volume?: Raw share volume favors penny stocks, a $0.50 stock trading 50M shares is only $25M of real activity. Dollar volume (price × shares) measures actual money changing hands, so it surfaces the names that genuinely matter.
What is the "Most Active by scanner alerts" list?: A second ranking by how many unusual-volume (RVOL) and momentum alerts each stock triggered recently. Dollar volume surfaces the largest, most liquid names (often the market giants); scanner alerts surface the stocks that were unusually busy for a day trader, typically volatile small and mid-caps making sharp moves. The two lists answer different questions, so we show both.
How often does this update?: Rankings settle after each market close from official daily bars. Intraday, watch live unusual-volume (RVOL) alerts and real-time movers across the rest of the site.
Where can I see live alerts for these stocks?: Click any ticker to open its page for the live chart and full alert history, or open the Stock Market Today dashboard for real-time unusual-volume alerts.

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