I spent a few weeks last year calling brokerage houses (some in the Caribbean too) to see if they'd let me short Baltia...none allowed it, because the fees for penny stocks were so high for shorting that it became impossible to profit from it, on the side of both the broker and client...I also asked them why OTCMarkets shows a short interest for Baltia, and they said they have no clue...

Riding the cycle down is the theory I've always held until recently. The stock has been beaten enough, support is in place (for now), and we have yet to see a hype-drive uptrend. If IHUB suddenly starts promoting Baltia, then we'll have our answer...

And for cheap shares, why wouldn't they buy PP and promote the stock? It's just $10K, most of these heavily-followed stock traders (Clay Trader, Dr. pennystock, Superman, etc.) have at least $100-200K sitting in a brokerage.

And yes, Superman does trade stocks (he actually lives a few miles from me, guy's a major douche).