What Happened To Focus Media Holdings (FMCN)

Here is what happened with FMCN from our end:

Here is today's chart (click any images to zoom)

The period in question begins at 12:28:46

HFT Alert Pro showed:

Left Table:

     Raw Quote Bursts (per Sym/per Exg):

     Stocks having a high number of quotes per the time interval specified from a single exchange.

The Fields shown are:

 

Exg:  Exchange quotes are reported from in the sequence.

Elps:  The elapsed time of the sequence in MM:SS format.

STRG:  #Quotes recorded in the sequence from the specific exchange.

IQTS  #Quotes from other reporting exchanges in the sequence.

BBO:  #Of times quotes were the BBO.

CBBO:  #Of times quotes were the BBO and changed the BBO.

TRD:  #Trades recorded in the sequence.

ETRD:  #Trades recorded in the sequence from the specific exchange.

Right Table:

     Quote Fluttering  (per Sym/per Exg):

     Stocks with high burst of quotes from a single exchange that have a minimum of one element fluttering in price or size.

Exg:  Exchange quotes are reported from in the sequence.

Desc:  Description of which item is fluttering. (BidPrice, BidSize, AskPrice, AskSize).

Elps:  The elapsed time of the sequence

STRG:  #Quotes recorded in the sequence from the specific exchange.

IQTS:  #Quotes from other reporting exchanges in the sequence.

BBO:  #Of times quotes were the BBO.

TRD:  #Trades recorded in the sequence.

ETRD:  #Trades recorded in the sequence from the specific exchange.

The key point in the day occurred at the bottom around at 13:33, post halt:

The heavy trading looks like madness thanks to the graphing techniques of Nanex:

Full view:

Perhaps less colors will help:

Maybe zooming in will help:

And the Verdict from NASDAQ is: