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Tuesday, 04/20/2021 3:19:20 AM

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 3:19:20 AM

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Hi guys! This talk about the recent decline in $RGBP share price being due to the CEO diluting and being irresponsible and not from market makers, hedge funds and swing traders shorting the stock is total BS!
It's just ridiculous we are even having a conversation about this now! LOL!

Don't believe the fabricated allegations that the CEO Dr. David Koos is the cause of the decline. How ridiculous! Why in the world would he do that when he just signed a licensing deal for his moment of truth and future success to take his mRNA cancer vaccine technologies to the market with another company and when he is right in the middle of working on financials with a new auditor and bringing the company current on the OTC? It would be totally counter productive for him to do that at this time after all these years of waiting for this grand moment to unfold. It makes no sense whatsoever! Do you really believe he would want to be diluting the stock now? Only a fool would think this!

And other people here have shown you the OTC short sale reports for $RGBP. Those are for "short sales"... NOT regular retail sales! LOL! How dumb to think otherwise and cast a blame on the CEO!

And here is a description directly from Investopedia of how Hedge Funds, Market Makers and even professional traders can be involved in short selling penny stocks just like $RGBP... And that's exactly what they are doing!

Link:
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/active-trading/083115/who-actually-trades-or-invests-penny-stocks.asp

1. Experienced Penny Stock Traders

Many who thrive in the frenetic world of trading do so by carving out a niche in a specific sector or asset. Penny stocks are one such niche, although the number of traders who trade these stocks is a fraction of those who trade established securities and blue-chip stocks. Experienced penny stock traders aren't deterred by the sector's limited liquidity, its wide bid-ask spreads and its frequent market pricing manipulation. For these players, there's little left to surprise them, even in such a volatile market as penny stocks. They can be day traders or swing traders and they'll take both long and short positions.

2. Hedge Funds

While many financial institutions are prohibited from trading penny stocks, loosely regulated hedge funds have no such restrictions. That said, most hedge funds won't trade penny stocks on the long side: They far prefer short-selling penny stocks that look to have peaked after being heavily promoted. Penny stocks, although they often do indeed trade for mere pennies, can still be exceedingly dangerous to short because of the risk of a short squeeze. So while the risk-reward payoff for shorting a penny stock is too skewed (i.e., offering a limited reward if the short strategy works and unlimited risk if it doesn't) to be worthwhile for an average investor, the strategy may entice a deep-pocketed hedge fund.

3. Short Sellers

Astute traders know there's more to be made by short-selling penny stocks than by buying and holding them. Unlike hedge funds, however, these traders may lack the capital needed to withstand the occasional short squeeze. So they have to rely on networking and leveraging their experience and market intelligence to identify suitable short targets whose shares will decline precipitously from current levels. These short-selling traders are unlikely to be "contrarian" and short-sell a stock that's rising due to heavy promotional activity. Rather, they may pile on the short positions once the stock begins sinking, hoping to hasten its demise.

4. Market Makers

A market maker is a broker-dealer who facilitates trading in a specific security by displaying bid and ask quotations for a number of shares. Market makers that attempt to provide liquidity to the penny stock market naturally become significant contributors to trading volume. Upon receiving a buy order from a trader, the market maker may either sell shares from its inventory or buy them from the market for onward sale to the investor. Conversely, for a sell order, the market maker may either absorb the shares into its inventory or immediately dump them into the market.

So don't tell me that $RGBP is not being shorted and is not the cause of the decline the past few days! smile

Blessings and best wishes,
LoveAndLight smile