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Das, to really simplify it:

Whomever loaned the shares to the shorter has made a fee on the borrow.

They will get the same amount of shares back that were borrowed, regardless of price; they are other peoples shares like you and me long on the share.

The fees, duration of borrow, margin commitments etc are part of the borrow.

Price down, the borrower doesn't lose. If price goes against shorter and price up - the borrower still gets the shares back.

The broker will win double in the latter case but only if they are loaning shares that belong to them, not retail or other insti lent out shares.

It's not complicated, but there are complexities tied to the borrow arrangement.

1.45/6 round two in play. Could be the accumulation and support base or 1.39 takes the next spot if 1.45 breaks below.

All healthy Goldy, a couple of 10/15% swings on these rises all par for the course. It's got both volume and has become a retail fave so confident to buy the dips.

Das, if the fee for the borrow of shares is less than the interest that can be earnt or cash deployed into another asset - there is your profit.

When shorting you're selling the shares immediately that you've borrowed so will have that capital for the borrow period.

Looks like the Bulls won the 1.45 battle 😎

A wee battle at 1.45 taking place but if she breaks below 1.39 next test.

Shorts are slightly down https://www.shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB00B0130H42/ 3.61%

All longs on IG. Normal pull back and profit taking Birdsew.

1.45 old resistance for support possibly. Expect a bounce from there if it makes it.

That's a positive article - good spot Aimless 👏

Aimless, just write the link but omit any Htt or ww etc in it and don't put a space where the dot is etc. peeps will figure it out from there...

What timeframe is the GAP on at 30p F1?

Checking for GAP's and not seeing one at 30? Do you have a chart link?

Cheers 😊

The fairies have a fantastic time wandering around the head of Aimless WandB 🙄

Who is buying in the 45m/50m chunks at 0.0001 DVH ?

Any thoughts?

As previously mentioned Beams and gotreal, we know the MM's and ii's are a club and retail will get hammered whilst they do their covering and manipulation. It's not something we control is it - they have the keys and they are not policed in reality. Take out the stops and as beams said, orders would have been stacked for accumulation in that 48/52 area.

Tis a retail an ii fave so expect the same ups and downs...

Good spot katstrangler - TBF that had passed me by 👏

Probs why Daddypump was so keen on his shorts.

Quick summary from Ai for those who missed. It's not a big negative as Nelson still holds a massive amount - just cashing in some chips and why wouldn't you. Everyone has bills to pay...

Exact details of the sale (from the official Form 8.3)Date of dealing: 13 April 2026

Shares sold: 3,000,000 ordinary shares in two tranches 2,000,000 at 47.89p

1,000,000 at 50.06p

Total value: ≈ £1.458 million (commonly rounded to “£1.5 million at 49p” in market chat)

This was disclosed in: Form 8.3 – IQE PLC (RNS Number 4470A), released 14 April 2026 by Dr Nelson himself.

investments.halifax.co.uk

This is the specific RNS the LSE comment was referring to. (It’s not a standard “Director/PDMR Shareholding” announcement under MAR alone — because he is over 1% and the company is in an offer period, the stricter Takeover Code Form 8.3 format is used.)How much he disposed and what remainsPre-sale holding (calculated): 38,813,514 shares

Shares disposed: 3,000,000 → ≈ 7.73% of his own holding (matches the “7.7%” figure quoted in market analysis)

Post-sale holding (as stated in the Form 8.3): 35,813,514 shares = 3.66% of IQE’s total voting rights

He remains a very substantial shareholder (still one of the largest individual holders).

Bottom line: This was a clean, disclosed PDMR sale of roughly 7.7% of his stake at a price slightly below recent levels. The Form 8.3 on 14 April is the definitive public announcement — the LSE bulletin-board comment simply pointed out that shorts spotted and reacted to it faster than most retail holders. No rules were broken; it’s standard (if unwelcome) behaviour in an offer-period AIM stock.

One big dirty shorting and stops raid. The power the MM and ii's have is filthy!

when you see the **** drops and equally rapid fill as in the space of an hour today, exactly what is happening cadbury.

the ii's all collaborate to facilitate these things and take out the stops. if you have plenty surplus capital put stops in place if your in profit but if its your only pot, stay away from stops as the mm's will kill you.

Charlesey 4 posts there is no buying currently at MPL so you looking for some exit liquidity? tut tut!

Meanwhile DaddyPump - so rude not to reply on forum boards. Engagement is what they are for.

https://invst.ly/1go6mi

If she breaks the blue zone DaddyPump could recoup some losses or that's the buy zone 46/48 if going below 48.

Support bounce at 41 if she follows the FIB retrace.

All could play out or rally up through 50 from here.

Not advice DYOR 👍

So who are you getting your 3x and 5 x shorts with? what instruments broker are you using?

It was a genuine question out of curiosity. Cheers - SLW

BigDaddy where you getting a 5x short - which broker? Cheers - SLW 😊

> Luke can you please be nice and not ask other members to get their head out of their arse. Very insulting and your monologue was patronising.

I agree it was rather an over the top rant - so please accept my apologies Couerdelion - it was undeserved.

Calming things down is getting you head out of you arse Couerdelion.

Please don't confuse politics with RIGHTS. Very separate.

People go on accepting politic which is - v - v - v - far from even a remote understanding of their RIGHTS.

What's blowing up this weekend, dictated by the bigger gun - held to your head - i imagine you accept that is how it is.

It's not and if you're English (Not BRITISH) a political construction(Fiction of Law) then you would know about it - so you have some reading to do because you questioned the exam question with shoulders so shrugged they deserve a book opening...

A good argument leads the way... :-)