low trade
you said
"The afternoon showed a increase in ask inventory, the early bid strength got small. All with good buying pressure, both AM & PM, increasing as the PPs went up. EMOTION, now"
ask inventory is not based on what someone will sell for but what others will pay.
so the bid wasn't formed based on the increase in the mm;s inventory but a buy demand that pushed others to sell at a higer price. And it was selling presure that gave buyers a chance to take that inventory, letting sellers give buyers the stock at a higher price.
If you noticed the ask jumping ahead of bid at least 4 times today, you had shorts boxing. Now, calling a spade a spade, I saw inventory from the specialist shrink, and the push to cover formed a top or a new lower base on which the shorts will cover into...
All this is mere speculaion and not knowing whos keeping the float, floating above 3, is an indication that there are zoo keepers, who are real long.
Tommorrow will be an up day big time. you heard it here first folks.