"CSHD is not being held down by anybody."
If there is just one shorted share in the float the PPS is being held back by that share.
"OK, first off, if you don't care about getting orders filled, then you're not much of an investor. When I want to own a stock, it's because I actually want to own it."
That's your opinion.
I set a price at what I'm willing to pay for a stock and that is what I pay. I don't chase stocks just because I want to own them. I buy at my price not the MM'S.
There are thousands of other stocks to buy and I don't get in a hurry to buy any of them.
"Do you really think anyone wanted to short into it this morning? The CEO is promising $54 per share. If that was real, do you think anyone would want a long term position on the short side?"
That's this morning when TD Atrade knows they screwed up all ready. Of course they aren't going to dig a deeper whole now that their short position has been exposed and the pressure is now being put on them to cover. They gambled with a company they thought they could controll and lost.
I hope they pay dearly for something they never planned on paying for at all.