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Tuesday, 12/12/2017 11:21:19 PM

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 11:21:19 PM

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Please learn the function of the MMs - they bring liquidity to the OTCM market.

You do understand that shorting is legal and MMs do it everyday but you have no idea how they function.

MMs do not "short" penny stocks. As part of making a market, they may have periodic short positions throughout a trading day if they fill buy orders for more shares than they have in inventory, but they also often have inventory when they fill sell orders. Having an inventory does not mean that they are going "long" any more than having a temporary net short position is "shorting." This kind of temporary short position is legal and necessary for efficient trading.

Hope this helps.

IG