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You've described my feelings. Maybe I should find myself a boxing club, lol !

Thanks Mr Toli, although I'm not certain about ever using 'certain' in relation to stock markets! I'm at the fingers crossed stage here, loss aversion keeps me loyal.

Anyway, the purchases didn't move the dial this morning so perhaps the market does indeed regard them as token. Disappointed.

Another large daily drop. Sentiment is so poor for this company,. You just can't fight it. Are there any talented professional investors backing this company? I couldn't find any. I'm a holder but sadly cannot see a path out of this morass in any reasonable time frame. Does anybody disagree?

Don't know about all of that. Within the statutory constraints, Director's are allowed to sell when they think the price is high, such as in Nov 2020 shortly after the successful mouthwash test, and buy back in when they think it's low, such as now. After all, they are in the business of enriching themselves. As I see it, a £100K+ purchase of shares is not immaterial, esp just now with omicron.

I'm sorry you feel this way bladerunner. I can understand the attraction of completely de-risking your assets by 100% cashing out, but:
(1) if you intend re-entering at a more favourable time, it is very hard to time the market with any degree of certainty - I'm afraid there are just too many moving parts;
(2) in an inflationary world, staying in cash for a lengthy period would be a mistaken strategy.

As to your comment about gambling, yes, there is an element of that but investing is as much about how you behave as what you know and there are ways of behaving that cut out much of the casino element. Finally, remember that unlike with roulette where the 'market' is rigged against you, with equities you have more than a century of statistics which show that the market is rigged in your favour - a tailwind of 8-10% per annum to be precise. Looking forward, the long-term outlook for equities has become less certain, which I think is what's behind your post, so the annual benefit may reduce, but it'll still be there over a rolling 10 year period.

...reported to the market at 16.22 hours. This is a very, very positive sign!

I agree, it looks worse. Market sentiment towards recent IPOs? I can hardly think of an IPO that hasn't bombed in 2021...

...in stocks just now. Up 10%, then back down 10%, then another 10%. Markets very jittery!

Maybe it will come good, but I don't think we should be investing in this company on the basis of the mouthwash. As for this Simon Thompson fellow, I was influenced by his heavy ramping and am now well under water. He talks a good game but not so good on the results.

...by the CEO. Not large - £37K - but it seems to be helping the share price.

I don't know either how Elliot will play it, but I won't be around to find out having taken that 20% return this lunchtime. Ammo is required in this falling market! Best of luck investors.

Thanks jimbren, busy day, I managed to miss it.

At first glance, it looks like a perfectly good update - the worst I can see is that the annual recurring revenue component, which they are trying to increase, hasn't much. They expect ARR to increase in the 2nd half. Otherwise it's all good - increases in sales, profit and cash held, and positive expectations as to the outlook. The problem is D4T4 was somewhat priced for fast growth, i.e. expensively. Not so much now!

... of 10% on no news I can discern. Market sentiment?

Trading update refers to having liquidity to fund further acquisitions... are they delusional?

...for once. Someone's buying . Good to see.

B*gger it, I topped up at 96.4p. This has fallen far too far and I'm quite prepared to be patient.

The risks may be receding but my goodness it's a slow burner. MCRO's current debt will preclude a PE buyout in my opinion. Besides, the PE buyouts we saw earlier in the year have dried up (for now) as market conditions shift.

I like the optimistic scenario you're painting, Portswigger, it makes sense to me. Fingers crossed eh?

Maybe some good will come of it but at first sight I'm not convinced a public spat with a major shareholder is what we want to hear.