RE: Question about market makers26 Oct 2021 17:43
"If it is market makers that are driving this price down and not shorters, then what stops them from crashing the price to 10p for a split second to allow shorts to buy up the shares very cheaply? Tons, if not all of the stop losses would be triggered which would provide liquidity for the shorters to purchase shares and to close. So how come they don’t do that?"
Mountainous, tell me you're joking :) First of all, many experienced medium and long term investors / stock traders do not use a stop loss to avoid such blunders. Second, if market makers would attempt such a thing they'll meet a sea of buy orders on the way to 10p so it'll be near impossible to get there even for a "split second". Third, large orders (stock buy back) take time to fill (essentially, that's what after hours trading is for) so a "split second" won't be enough with all the traders around. To put it simply, if I want to buy 1000 shares @50p, there's no way somebody's getting 100k @10p before the higher one is filled. Somebody will point out that it probably did happen but then it should be investigated with the broker.