Exactly. IF they own a boat load of shares, and sell call options first then dump the shares fast enough to drive the price down they can make the market and a pile of doh on the options while they dump a dog knowing bad news is coming.
If they plan to buy shares in boat loads of volume soon, and know the market will rise because of the buying volume, they buy cheap calls first, then buy the shares and make money on the options. The option game is rigged in their favor 99% of the time.
MaxPain can sometimes predict what is coming if the max pain stock price is way different than the stock price!!!! It does not usually help one buy options, but can be a good warning when to buy or sell a stock if the options market is moving on a stock in a big way before the stock moves.
Ambition with out knowledge is like ship in dry dock. Going nowhere fast!