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I don't argue with your logic Dave. You sold out at a profit... which "always" makes good sense on AIM. I'm "very" optimistic and still holding. Let's see what the future brings... I'm quietly optimistic... GLTA :-)

Sad to see a great entrepreneurial company like IQE being hammered like this... I'm coming around to the view that shorting needs stronger regulation - otherwise most young companies on AIM will always be at the mercy of the market. Whilst I can see a strong case for further investment here... I just can't bring myself to average down until I can be confident that the company will be judged fairly and free from the shackles of an 8% short!

Not necessarily... existing holders (like myself) like to top up too... but the MM's are hardly making the SP look attractive at any price when they insist on such a large spread... especially when they use it to spike buyers at every given opportunity. The reason the SP is so slow to move is down to the spread IMHO... even Paul Johnson tweeted his frustration about it earlier this year... and yet so far no improvement as far as I can tell. I would like this share to realise its true potential like any investor here, but that cavernous spread is a deterrent to existing and new investors alike.

If we see a re-rate very soon - before the day trade herd arrive! Based upon current output and estimated profitability the SP is currently "massively" undervalued. Not going to take very long for others to notice this! Looks like the MM's have finally woken up at least. GL A :-)

Either way... a fake drop. Down 6% on thin air trading as far as I can see. MM's playing silly beggars again. This share is best left on the back burner... day to day price movements make no sense whatsoever... it's the long term play that will count here. GLA :)

Glad to hear it Dave! Call me cynical... but you instantly switched off the negative rhetoric "after" your buy-in... You hardly had a good word to say about PYC before then. Fair to assume a repeat performance once you sold out? Never mind... we'll all know the truth if and when the negativity starts again. Let's hope you're a LTH convert :-)

I hope this doesn't mean Dave has sold out yet again... I was kind of enjoying the peace and quiet. If he has, then prepare to endure the same old repeated negativity until he gets another lower buy in...

Always a huge spread on this share. Until this is resolved the SP will struggle to break out IMHO. Whenever I've gotten a quote, I would have instantly been standing at a large loss - especially since the MM's seem to drop the price for any excuse! Fingers crossed things might change someday and I can finally find a good reason to increase my current small investment. As things stand... I won't be adding until either Thor leaves AIM or AIM decides it actually wants people to trade Thor shares!

As PI's we all want our company directors to align with our investment, by having "skin in the game" and the BOD here, have certainly just done that. Since they know far more than we ever will... I take this as a very positive sign. Let's hope the sleepy market finally wake up to the true potential here! I'm not the world's greatest mathematician... but if I can see value... surely the "so-called" experts can?

... but I've got to say: This share has had more false dawns than a Vampire B Movie! ;-)

Oleeiner "If no rns tomorrow, it will fall." "Why I should forget 4p.....it can easy tomorrow drop down to 4.5p" "This can easy drop under 5p, look at the sell at 5.01p" LOL! So to summarise... you missed the boat by sitting on the dock waiting for a lower priced ticket... but you're not bitter at all :-(

the big boys invest... Kind of makes you wonder what they know that we don't?

Obviously I appreciate that LTH's here have an axe to grind... I have the same issues with some of my own long term holdings! I've been watching and waiting on this share for well over a year now (financial worries / political uncertainties etc held me back in the past) however today's results have finally convinced me to invest... I now see a compelling case for future profitability, strong SP growth, and very likely an acquisition target too which could easily accelerate company value.

Hi TruroTrader, Yes. Agreed. I've managed to avoid a total loss so far, however I have come close with a couple of AIM companies and I am still heavily underwater on one currently (may have to wait sometime yet on that one - story for another bulletin board!) I am happy to hold PYC. I think we've reached the pivot point I mentioned earlier and - MM's willing - we can retrace to a more respectable SP from here. Of course it will take further news for this to truly fly... but from the research I have done, I am optimistic of further promising news in the not too distant future. I've tried waiting in the wings and timing the turn... but in all the years I've traded, I have never got it right once. Problem is... like today... soon as the turn comes, the MM's mark up the SP and freeze out buyers until it is close to the day's peak... they're always one step ahead unless you dip your toe in the water early and take a punt. No question in my mind that this company is ripe for a takeover too... market leading tech... in a growing marketplace... the longer the SP is held down at these levels, the more likely an offer could be IMHO... Now that really would boost the SP!

Truro, On the contrary... I understand and accept the rules, play the game & make a healthy profit. I was simply making the point to "newbies" that on a share like this... the A B C rule is worth keeping in mind if you have bought in and find yourself sitting at a loss. I have had some steady growth AIM shares too... they're just few and far between as we both know.

with all AIM shares is that: A) on the back of a news leak / rumour, the traders arrive in their hoards and send the SP rocketing... B) Skip forward a week or two - and the traders quickly vanish - taking their investment and small profit with them - as the rumour either fails to materialise "quickly enough" and / or is proven incorrect. C) SP drops back to a base line and awaits next news / leak / rumour... For those of you newcomers who don't know how this works... Now we are back at C) and awaiting the circus to start up again. The only exception to the A-B-C rule is D) Long Term Holder... skim profit at the peak, but always retain a large holding & buy back on the dips (that would be round about now) A few years down the line when the company is profitable and well established... sell out at a substantial profit and look for the next up and coming play... Rinse repeat... rinse repeat

when the SP has been f****d about with so much that it reaches an inertia point... and if the MM's really want to make any more money, they need to allow the tide to turn... I would say we've reached this point already... got to be 90% of holders underwater here by now and at such a low SP there is no point whatsoever in selling... so we're going nowhere until the MM's, Atlas and our merry shorters decide they can make more money by going long on this one. First sniff of good news and we'll be heading in the other direction! If it takes another week or so... I and many others can wait... locked and loaded and ready to roll GL A LTH's :-)

Agreed Masquares... and as if by magic an �11,000+ buy just popped up on my screen at HL You've got to laugh :-)

Yes. SP has been walked down relentlessly... and now primed (on news) to go up again & imminently IMHO ;-) Seen this happen so many times on AIM!

... a few too many folk sitting on the outside looking in for a lower entry price to me...