Agree. My initial reaction to this was keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.

I was listening to the webcast with him in a room with several of us and his very cautious response to our data made several of us raise our eyebrows and wish only dr Perry had been present.

Actually it can be the company that requests a halt.

There are two types of trading halts and delays—regulatory and nonregulatory. The most common regulatory halt and delay happen when a company has pending news that may affect the security’s price (a "news pending" halt or delay). By halting or delaying trading, market participants can have time to assess the impact of the news. Another type of regulatory halt happens when a market halts trading in a security when there is uncertainty over whether the security continues to meet the market’s listing standards. When a regulatory halt or delay is imposed by a security’s primary market, the other U.S. markets that also trade the security honor this halt.

How so?

Think everyone has seen that before...not any proof..otherwise jimmy would be in jail as well as those affiliated.

Btw, I know him....trust him like I trust a politician. I'm not suggesting things are fair, they're not. It's always the house advantage. The difference here is there's more legitimacy to the process that takes advantage of loopholes. Naked shorting, types of trading, long/short side pressures, big money, etc. But I know a lot of MMs and Specialists and they are decent people who follow the rules and won't play such games - really.

It by the cabal you mean HFT or big money makers then okay but that could be thousands of people.

Ever see trades get crossed or something get range bound on super high volume? That's when those watching the trades call and tell the MMs to hurry up and finish their bathroom break or cigarette.

Cramer is a pig who creates a narrative so his lemmings can support his habit

Janney initiates coverage of Anavex Life Sciences at a buy with stock fair value estimate of $10

Good old fashioned tree shaking if you ask me...news must be near. Learn the game - know what you own and enjoy your day.

Perhaps you are not familiar with the 0+ uptick rule. Look it up clown

What we have been witnessing is VWAP trading in action on a small company. Don't take my word for it...look it up.

I am the original...

No. Try not to confuse the market maker with the brokerage house. The market maker's job is to establish an "orderly market". The house is just that, as an incremental revenue source they will use a risk based model for selling leverage to us pissants. When a security has too much leverage and certain other risks (i.e. penny stock, SHO, etc.) Then they look to minimize their risk.

There are other tools that can be used like fully paid lending when shorts need to cover and the house can't get more inventory from the MMs.

Also, important to note...many here claim that there's always a buyer for every seller. Mmm...okay but that buyer could be the MM who is building low cost inventory because they anticipate a run. Anyone who thinks the markets are based on supply and demand should consider a more honest environment. Manip...mmanip...sheesh, why is it so hard to say that word?

We've seen some of this before, but watch for the wider spreads to slow down a train. That's usually a sign of accumulation and uncertainty. Could go either way. But soon thereafter watch the spreads thin out, volume increase and price action to occur.

My 3rd post ever and last for the day.

Best to all the honest people.

I think you'd be surprised with the imbalance in accounts and leveraged ones at that! Imagine someone has a portfolio worth $100k and $80k of it in AVXL because they purchased it at $0.30/shr. It happens. There's a saying...pigs get slaughtered.

Fear & Greed trump logic most of the time. Stay off of margin folks, know what you have and sleep well at night.

Any time the margin requirement increases it is simply a matter of mitigating risk to protect the house (requirements). This by no means should be a reflection of what AVXL has going on. The biggest issue for AVXL is it is on the SHO list and is a target for shorts.