RE: last chance14 Apr 2022 19:55
PAS - also the MM's can hie large trades until after the market has closed. So it loos as though every trade is a buy, but they have hidden a massive sell, they know that will have a negative impact to the share price, so they don't report it, meanwhile unsuspecting investors continue to buy at a high price, the MM's are selling you shares from their float, knowing that once the large sell is known the share price will tank. Then when the SP is dropping, MM's will at some point decide to buy the shares at a much lower price to top up their float. Once they have all the shaers they need the share price will again go on a rise. There are 2 markets running along side each other. The Investors and the MM's both buying and selling and looking to make a profit.
Another scenario is a large investor puts a big order in to buy £500k at a fixed price (say £1), an MM takes that order and now needs to fill it. That MM will not want the sell price to go over £1 as that would mean they are losing money on every share they need to fill the order. So price will be held back until order is filled. Again they will want to increase their float as well as they know the SP is going to go up so they can then sell those shares at a higher price.