Slapping the ask is good to start a drive but without bid support, we are likely to buy borrowed shares and then for us to see the pps get back down 25% for them to cover up. To me...supporting the bid, higher and higher with large bid (more then 100K) prevent the MM and shorters to drop few thousands of their own share to create the downward mouvement. their options is then to get higher then previous support. and here we go again....bid higher with the same support.
Working on both side have the MM and shorters on a slippery slope forcing them to cover sooner then later. And for whatever I catch, it's mine for long. and away form MM or shorters hand.