The big players love volatility and their money and bots can create or amplify it. Flush out the nervous little guys and pick up cheap stock. Lot of automated trades going through ....
In most cases what is portrayed as "bad news" by the media / the market manipulators doesn't affect the real world performance of most companies but a bit of panic is always good for trade. The MMs know that very well.
they chose to take shares because taking cash would have been the wrong look and given a bad impression. and why would anyone take cash with the intention of buying shares when they can cut out the risk and the costs of trading and just be given the shares? conspi******s can stand down ....
Sumoskier, it is a share award; they didn't award themselves.... the remuneration committee did. Insider knowledge rules are to do with buying shares in the market using inside information to your advantage.... they didn't buy them, more's the pity.
RE: Wouldn’t want to be out of IQE over the weekend.27 Feb 2026 16:41
"It's down over 6%" .... Not on the week it isn't! And it has held up well in the face of profit taking after a very strong run up yesterday. That is a strong finish to the week.
RE: Serenity says 1,000% upside here (attracts 76k views)27 Feb 2026 08:17
5.8 million shares traded on the OTC yesterday, twice the volume of Wednesday, with the share price ending the session at 22p, 1p below the session high.