ASX Small Cap Lunchtime Wrap: Who's going bulletproof today?

It’s been a heady few months for stock traders, where steady gains have attracted a cohort of youthful investors on trading apps such as Robinhood.

However, some news out of California suggests some are better at coping with losses than others.

The NYT report concerns Robinhood’s Silicon Valley headquarters, which sometimes receives unwanted visitors in the form of disgruntled traders keen to share a piece of their mind.

The number of unscheduled visitations reportedly became so frequent that the company installed bullet-proof glass at the front of its building.

One could argue it’s the investment equivalent of a stop-loss, although it does seem like a rather extreme measure.

Back in Australia — where we’d wager that statistics would bear out a materially lower risk of market-related shootouts — local markets struggled for traction in the morning session following a weaker US lead.

Both the ASX200 and the Small Ords Index were trading flat just after 12pm AEST, ahead of what’s expected to be another high number of reported COVID-19 cases out of Victoria. Daily positive cases in the US climbed to a new daily record of 61,000.

Elsewhere, gold is holding at $US1,800 (~$2,594) an ounce while bondholders of stricken airline Virgin are planning a last-ditch effort to prevent its sale to private equity firm Bain Capital, via a meeting of creditors scheduled for August.

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm on Friday July 10:

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CODE	COMPANY	PRICE	CHANGE	MARKET CAP
RXH	Rewardle Holdings Ltd	0.006	100.00%	$3.2M
RLG	Roolife Group Ltd	0.033	50.00%	$10.9M
ERL	Empire Resources Ltd	0.019	35.71%	$13.3M
CRO	Cirralto	0.012	33.33%	$9.9M
PSC	Prospect Resources Ltd	0.115	32.18%	$32.9M
AVA	AVA Risk Group	0.185	27.59%	$43.5M
FBR	Fastbrick Robotics	0.089	23.61%	$160.0M
WSI	Weststar Industrial	0.016	23.08%	$15.0M
BCK	Brockman Mining Ltd	0.027	22.73%	$204.1M
LIO	Lion Energy	0.017	21.43%	$2.9M
WTL	Wt Financial Group Ltd	0.035	20.69%	$4.4M
TYX	Tyranna Resources	0.006	20.00%	$6.7M
AMD	Arrow Minerals	0.012	20.00%	$13.2M
IGN	Ignite	0.018	20.00%	$1.6M
NUH	Nuheara	0.025	19.05%	$32.6M
MEM	Memphasys	0.069	18.97%	$53.5M
TGH	Terragen	0.22	18.92%	$38.3M
FLN	Freelancer	0.59	19.19%	$266.3M
FLC	Fluence Corporation	0.235	17.50%	$125.0M

Security tech company AVA Risk Group (ASX:AVA) was among the leaders, after a trading update where the company said June quarter revenue is now expected to come in $1.8m above previous guidance.

The company also announced the retirement of CEO Scott Basham, who will be replaced by Rob Broomfield, the current head of the group’s Technology division.

And Fastbrick Robotics (ASX:FBR), manufacturer of the one-armed bricklaying robot, also rose strongly on no news. The stock has now climbed from around 3c in late-June to 10c in morning trade, after announcing a display home construction contract with Archistruct on July 2nd.

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm on Friday July 10:

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CODE	COMPANY	PRICE	CHANGE	MARKET CAP
XST	Xstate Resources Ltd	0.001	-50.00%	$2.9M
RFN	Reffind Ltd	0.001	-50.00%	$1.0M
ROG	Red Sky Energy	0.001	-33.33%	$2.5M
UUV	UUV Aquabotix	0.001	-33.33%	$792K
XTC	Xantippe Resources	0.002	-20.00%	$8.1M
TYM	Tymlez Group	0.11	-15.38%	$29.4M
GLH	Global Health Ltd	0.24	-14.29%	$10.1M
KSS	Kleos Space	0.31	-13.89%	$33.1M
CDT	Castle Minerals Ltd	0.013	-13.33%	$5.1M
SUD	Suda Pharmaceuticals	0.027	-12.90%	$3.8M
MAN	Mandrake Resources	0.035	-12.50%	$10.7M
CWX	Carawine Resources	0.185	-11.90%	$16.2M
FAU	First Au	0.01	-11.76%	$6.4M
CNU	Chorus	6.51	-10.94%	$3.3B
CDY	Cellmid	0.135	-10.00%	$18.8M
ZNC	Zenith Minerals Ltd	0.113	-10.00%	$27.3M
TAO	Tao Commodities	0.09	-10.00%	$2.8M
NC6	Nanollose	0.038	-9.52%	$4.0M