imo in a nutshell .. retail can almost always be s

imo in a nutshell .. retail can almost always be screwed by non retail

if a stock is compressed to a such a low level .. retail will be limited in
the ability to buy via certain brokerages .. they can only *sell* which makes
it beyond obvious of why done .. if retail discovers that yep indeed their shares
were accessed (albeit only for a short time) from their cash acct and then tries
to switch into another brokerage .. if the pps is too low on those shares ..
odds are they won't be accepted elsewhere .. just one reason why relentless
compression is undertaken

when i say they all collude .. they is NON RETAIL ..
if i have 50,000 shares of CTIX and set GTCs on all of them .. i am held
to a price (last check either 5 or 7.50) for those GTCs .. which some NR
will view as too far out of the money so they can be accessed on a short term
basis (day) for a price .. and other NR might consider as being in the net
(easily sourced) when significant news originates and AI and algos will rule *trading*

as a victim of Fidelity's utilization (my cash shares) of another fully filing targeted OTC company
and stock years ago .. that didn't survive .. i've learned to keep only a % of GTCs for sale

my rule of thumb is 80/20 (80% held/20% GTCs set for sale) .. because like many here ..
i can't watch minute by minute on any of my investments regardless of alert capacities

an educated retail .. that trusts in their own instincts and DD .. when it comes
to their respective investment/s .. can't be out played by Non Retail but can *play* them in turn

4kids