I always view it as a positive sign when the soft

I always view it as a positive sign when the soft bashing picks up. It means that someone is worried and is trying to keep share price down, discourage people from new buys to average down, or perhaps even to make weak hands throw in the towel. The only thing is, there aren’t any weak hands any more. They left long ago and won’t be stupid enough to depart when there are several possibilities for news in the near future.