RE: Unknown trades11 Mar 2026 18:13
I asked chat GPT about the £386k trade yesterday and here was response
Typical SML spread yesterday morning
Around 09:20–09:40 SML was roughly trading:
• Bid: ~3.84p
• Ask: ~3.88p
Your trade
• Price: 3.86p
• Value: £386,000
• Shares: ≈ 10 million shares
What that usually means
3.86p sits almost exactly mid-spread.
On the LSE (especially AIM stocks like SML):
• At the ask → buy
• At the bid → sell
• Mid-price → negotiated cross / worked order
So a 3.86p block that large is most likely:
➡️ A negotiated cross between two parties
➡️ Not a simple market buy or sell
In practice it often means:
• One institution or large holder sold
• A buyer already lined up took the block
• The market maker simply reported the match
Why it appeared this evening
Large AIM trades often show delayed reporting (up to T+1) when:
• It’s off-book
• It’s above the normal market size
• It was a negotiated block
The real takeaway
A £386k matched block near mid-price is generally neutral to slightly bullish, because:
• The seller found a committed buyer at market price
• It didn’t have to be dumped on the bid
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💡 My gut feel:
That trade looks like a position transfer rather than someone panic selling.