you're overthinking it, mav. when it's time to run it will run. this is false:
So a company must garner enough attention and buying pressure to squeeze them into letting it run higher. The company must not only demonstrate they are worth a higher evaluation they must convince the market they are worth more.
pennyland is full of totally worthless stocks no one every knew about that ran because note holders had a bunch of worthless shares to sell, and MMs gave them a push.
there's no "squeeze" with NSS. it's how they make a market. and it does create a lot of "weak" looking charts, it does look like dilution, but they turn NSS off at the drop of a hat, and run a stock, and only rarely is there any imbalance. look at the reg sho list. it used to be full of tickers, now there are only a few.
retail doesn't have to cooperate to get a ticker to run, we don't have to have strong hands. set it and forget it.
Just think what a surprise can do. There are some things a company is subject to that even the MMs can't predict or expect. Unpredictability and trade volume is what makes the world go round.