RE: Technical Question22 Jan 2023 13:27
Hi Clio,
I'm far from any expert, but trades dont have to be reported for up to three days after order completion.
We know that there a a lot of trapped bulls here so liquidity is tight on the sell side of the order book.
Just take this scenario for example...I work for a major well known face cream company and having examined this latest extract from some small start up called SBTX, we are going to put this product into a new main brand.
So I put a buy order in at best for say 1m shares, say a modest 200k investment ave 20p. Thats more than the free float so would strip the book, so the broker gently gets what he can , then gently rises the price hoping to tempt more sells (and fill my order), he might phone around larger known holders trying to release stock as well). However the order isn't filled yet so does not have to be announced, its an iceberg buy. Also can work the other way around as an iceberg sell, which actually happened about a 18 months ago, when opti offloaded much more at large discount.