If there is just one shorted share in the float the PPS is being held back by that share.
Well that's like saying, "if there is any expense ratio to that mutual fund it is costing me money". It's called a necessary evil to make the market run efficiently. Consider it the equivalent to a butcher leaving some of the fat on a steak. You're paying for that in weight, but it adds flavor to the meat.
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.
well that's fine, but I research companies, and if I want to own that stock, I want to own it. I have no problem not chasing a price, however, I'm also not just picking names from a hat. What you're saying sounds logical, but I surely doubt that if you wanted to own CMKX or any of these other silly hot penny stocks, you wouldn't be detoured because the share price was a tad away from you.
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.
Pure conjecture on your part. I'd say the odds are much more likely that Rufus is a nutjob and scammer.
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