Gb Group Share Price (GBG)

Added today hoping that we are at the bottom of the dip. More buys then sells if the figures are to be believed.
Same pattern as other holding I have like KWS, KNOS and PLUS.
Hoping not be underwater for years on all of these.

Bigtosh: I pretty-much agree with you there. It's not just the stockmarkets that are heavily influenced and manipulated trading applications on laptops - I used to be a player on the exchanges on the "in-running" markets, but they are impossible to play now as they are totally dominated by computer programmes working on automatic instructions based on flow of money. They can go wrong - that's why at any horseracing meeting there are about half-a-dozen drones relaying pics in real-time to punters off-course - but you have to be lightning quick to take advantage.
I'm wondering is some of the market move was due to the plunge in value of Bitcoin: there's no direct link, it's just in the field.

This is a fairly normal pattern on GBG and has been for some years now. As I said below there is little 'real' liquidity here, the buy/sell activity comes from probably 1 or a small number of large holders who on their own can move the sp quite effectively. You need low liquidity that is 'interference' from others so that every buy/sell counts, a small spread, typically 0.2% or below here and low trading costs, which with the number of transactions they would have. Interesting to note that when the spread increases for whatever reason as it does now and then all trading stops until the spread falls back again. All done with AI and the sp can cycle and fall 50 to 100 pts and then climb up again. Clearly this sp cycling up and down ends up in a net gain for the holder otherwise they wouldn't do it. And I guess, why not? Rather then just sitting on your shares waiting for Xmas, you can use them to generate an income.
It's typically taken down on/after results, maybe because good results (and they always are here) are the high water mark for the sp.
Of course, I could be totally paranoid and way off the mark but I've certainly made a few bob following these trends over recent years (albeit not over recent months) but I will watch as and when this looks to settle near a bottom point and buy a few more.
This is my biggest holding by a long way and has been for many years but always happy to add a few more.
All my own opinion of course and as I say I could be completely wrong so please make your own judgements here,
Cheers
BT

I've no idea why the SP of GBG dipped today given the results, which look really positive. It could be the payment of a dividend allows less cash for acquisitions, which could be seen (by some pessimists) as a signal for reduced growth; but it makes no sense to me at all. I'm likely to increase my shareholding.

Other tech stocks I own like KWS and KNOS have also been hit hard today. The common factor is me. Don't know how I do it.