If we are using the 3 day settlement rule for naked shorting...which I feel Etrade and NITE are doing...then the lower the closing price the less the cover pay out for putting back the shares in their clients brokerage accounts.
I have no proof but thats my theory as to why we see these under cut ASK prices all the time...
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