Not necessarily a bad sign. Many times it is a sign that someone is loading. They put up a big ask all of a sudden to encourage others to sell into their bid. Works quite well as some traders loose hope and sell into the bid of the loading trader. Saw it work very well yesterday with UAdoubleM. Actually worked against me for some of my shares but was a good learning experience. IMHO
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