Kop,
Your "Step 4" is clearly expressed, and raises the issue of high-level illegal shorting. As attested by the figures issued by OTC markets, after a short period of a few days, from May 3rd to may 9th, when shorting eased off, three of the last four trading days have seen very high figures for the percentage of all shares traded that have been shorted. I should mention that the OTC figures (especially over the last few trading days) do not always tally exactly with those from other sources, but they do carry a degree pf authority. For May 16th, May 15th and May 11th, the percentage for shorting volume has been recorded by OTC Markets as 84.4%, 94.62% and 100%, respectively.
MIKE THE PIKE PRO (MIKP.PK)
Historical Shorting
Date.....Vol.Shorted......Short.Vol.........RegularVol
May 16.....84.46%.......5,435,300..........6,435,300
May 15 ....94.62%.....10,150,000.......10,726,770
May 14.....12.18%.......5,616,000.......46,116,000
May 11...100.00%......38,765,450.......38,765,450
May 10 ....60.04%.......1,751,000..........2,916,156
May 09 ....12.58%.......4,168,956.......33,139,739
May 08.......1.50%..........700,300........46,675,095
May 07.......9.25%.........102,000..........1,102,300
May 04.......0.01%............2,000….....20,002,750
May 03......1.18%...........359,700.........30,368,629
May 02.....37.90%........8,977,250.......23,684,758
May 01.....17.73%......11,013,163........62,129,120
Apr 30 .....29.37%......42,825,766......145,839,425
Apr 27.....25.38%.......7,751,781.........30,546,050
Apr 26.....57.60%.......1,140,000...........1,979,000
Apr 25.....94.12%.......4,800,000...........5,100,000
Apr 24.....84.32%.......3,765,000.......... 4,465,000
Apr 23.....74.33%.......5,864,247...........7,889,247
Apr 20.....67.19%......16,338,599.......24,316,249
Apr 19.....98.06%......74,115,000.......75,585,000
Apr 18 ....96.08%........3,704,000..........3,855,100
Apr 17.....58.68%........3,125,000..........5,325,249
