BUYER BEWARE! TMPS executives are engaging in wash trades to manipulate the share price. These wash trades are creating a sense of interest to make the price go up and induce unsuspecting investors to buy at the high prices just before the prices drop. This has happened with Tempus quite a bit.
On Thursday 8/3/2017, there were a total of 84 trades with a total volume of 234,977. Looking at the last 16 trades, 69-84, the total combined volume was 50,087. Of those final 16 trades, 46,350 shares were trades at or below .40 and only 3,737 shares were traded at or above .41. Moreover, 13 of the 14 trades leading up to the final 2 trades were all at .40 or less. Then at 15:57:13 there was a 237 share trade at .41 and at 15:59:52 a 1,000 share trade at .42, the final trade. As trade 82 was at .3999 and as the 237 share trade was for only $97.17, when commissions are included, that trade could not possibly have been executed for the purpose of profit. Furthermore, it is too much of a coincidence that the final trade is the highest priced trade of the day, yet a small trade that will no doubt not result in any profit. Those last 2 trades are the reason TMPS closed at .42 and not .40. It is my belief that the penultimate trade at .41 for 237 was intended as a bridge between .40 and .42 so as not to create an intraday gap up. Then the $420 finale at .42 was meant to create the illusion that tomorrow it will open at .42.
On Friday 7/28/2017, the 6 trades preceding the final trade had a max share price of .32675 and a combined volume of 12,290, but the very last trade was only 220 shares and for .331. The trade itself was for $73, so obviously there is no profit to be earned from that when commissions are factored in, but that small trade is the reason why TMPS closed at .331 instead of .32675. the difference between the 2 prices is high enough to make a difference, but not too high so that there is an intraday gap up.
These are not the only 2 days that TMPS had dubious final trades. There have been many other days when the closing price was abnormally higher due to a small final trade. In almost all of these cases, the share price went up momentarily the next morning, only to decline after that. When trading TMPS, it is always advisable to examine the final few trades of the day and their respective volumes and then decide on a price to buy at because this is a company that clearly cannot be trusted. In my personal opinion, only buy TMPS on dips.
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