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...past year as they might be able to shed some light on it.

I was watching the NFL on US TV yesterday and there was an advert for Red Bull containing Monk Fruit. Obviously my thoughts went straight to Sweet.

I don't know if this is a new thing, my fear is that they've circumvented Opti. Shame we've lost some really well informed investors in the pa

Aquae. Maybe but I don’t think so.

I found it increasingly frustrating how he would rarely if ever bring up SOH’s past projections and their failure. Yes SOH pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes but he was helped by not being challenged when people had the opportunity.

Each to their own but personally, once I think information is misleading, I choose to avoid it as it muddies the thinking.

I’d say your own and Mol’s input was multiples more helpful than the stuff Elric produced, and you both kindly provided that for free.

I haven’t followed Elric’s interviews with Ashman but listened for years as he allowed SOH at Opti to get away with constantly misleading investors while he didn’t challenge him and threw him softball questions instead.

I was generous with my assessment then, would be stupid to be generous now. If Elric hasn’t learnt his lesson and still prioritises access to CEOs over holding them to account, then he has lost the benefit of the doubt IMO.

As for TW’s opinion, who cares, best to avoid him as much as possible

Ramping, deramping, I doubt any of that matters at this stage and any attempt manipulation of the price is unlikely to be effective.

Results pure and simple is what will drive share price.

Nova throwing their weight behind their own FAP program isn't bad news for AV. They have competitors who will want to...compete with them. They're also not there yet. Cheaper to buy AV than start from scratch for many large companies

I don't criticise Elric for trusting SOH, at least not initially, but he continued to have interviews with him for years where he wouldn't ask even the most gently probing questions about SOH's prior misleading statements. That was despite people on here with genuine, well thought out suggestions.

For all those years he repeated the propaganda when many of us knew there were questions to be asked. He absolutely is at fault for that.

As for TW, I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw one his grifting sharefests. I'm convinced there was something in it for him, with Elrico I suspect it was access he was addicted to after all, he went from just being a poster on forums to having the CEOs ear and charging people for content.

Don't forget that his son is employed too.

Also, Elrico is weird, and fully complicit in the misleading of investors for years through his complete reluctance to ask anything like probing questions on the multiple occasions when he had the chance because he prioritised access over integrity

Seriously though at some point there must be some value in Opti selling the IP to some of the bigger companies in exchange for a few and some % of future earnings, and then cutting back completely on staffing other costs while holding our remaining shares in Skin and PBX.

Granted there won't be the wages in it for SOH and his family/mates, but it would be financially beneficial to the owners of the company (SOH excluded)

Please God will he stop selling now for a while. We should have enough cash for at least all of 2026 given all the sales of stock, the cash at hand previously, and any revenue coming. If we're not in a decent state by then we should just give up and become a holding company for SBTX until that rises by enough to give shareholders some of their money back

Regarding BB and research. We have lost two from here in the last year who both provided extensive, well-researched posts for free. Better than anything I’ve seen from paywalled posters. I’m speaking of Mol and Aquae who both sold up after years of failure. It is pretty telling when two of the people who knew the most about Opti sold up completely and it was a real indictment of the trust people have in SOH’s predictions of future revenue.

And yes, many CEOs do bring criticism on themselves although it is better not to be personal

Big difference for me between holding here and buying in.

I'm holding now more out of habit than anything else having been in here for nigh on 10 years myself. I'm fortunate that other investments have done well over that time and this is now something I can just hold in the evermore ridiculous hope that ONE DAY SWEET MAY COME GOOD.

As for reasons to buy in, they are solely based on SOH's view of the future revenue from deals signed. And speaking personally, if I was to continue to trust a word he says about future deals given his past record, I'd be the living embodiment of that quote about insanity being someone who does the same thing expecting different results.

In short, given we still make a loss after all these years, our assets are rapidly disappearing, and all we have are the hopes that have repeatedly been dashed for 10 years, there's little reason other than an outrageous punt to buy in here.

I can’t believe people pay for information from people like him and another prominent ex Opti. cheerleader. It’s almost as big a waste of money as being invested here.

I guess the Christmas bonuses and party had to be paid for.

Worth buying some Skin because when this selling pressure is over from SOH, that price will explode

Are you out of Opti now Aqcui?

We have some SIPP money that I was waiting until the 40s to pile in so I’m slightly disappointed with the rise but totally unsurprised. This is very solid as far as AIM and small Pharma goes.

As a LTH here who finds it hard to follow this forum, I want to say how much I appreciate this post. It echoes my views completely.

To me, the current price action is absolutely no surprise given we're on AIM. A certain % of investors want their money to grow by moving it around and seeing this as too long to wait after news has just dropped. That's fair enough. Others might be looking in a profit concerned at how low it might drop and how long it might take to return to higher levels. Again, fair enough.

Absolutely none of that is a reflection of nor an impact on the fundamentals and future prospects for this company. Personally, I have very happy to see the value of my stock drop because I have been regretting not adding more when it was lower. For me and others, this is an opportunity.

One of the reasons SOH was able to get away with massive over promising at Opti over the years was that he was never challenged in the interviews he gave to compliant interviewers....until they turned on a sixpence and slammed the barn door shut way after the horse had bolted.

Would be good if some of those interviewers had learned from that and now held CEO feet to the fire a bit more. Seems not to be the case though.

Not sure what more could be expected. Ok, maybe 100% rather than 90%, but 90% it phenomenal and 100% never happens.

How is this even legal.