AJ1G Inc. (AJYG)

[shotsky]

MM's could care less what the share price does. They make their spread whether the price is increasing or decreasing. The ONLY thing MM's actually care about is that there are buyers and sellers. It is when the stock becomes illiquid (no buyers or sellers) that they are FORCED BY LAW to buy and sell between themselves, to provide liquidity, so prospective shareholders see action on the stock. They don't MAKE any money on those transactions - so as long as there are buyers and sellers, they just collect on every.single.share that is traded.
And, when MM's do short, they cover in microseconds - no one looks at these companies or their share price - the transactions are all automatic. No one in a tin foil hat trying to eke out weekend beer money by manipulating penny stock prices...