NO, I guess you don't have L2. Market Makers have L3 which shows all stop losses and the real size of the orders (no icebergs or fake bids). They also naked short, only staying out of trouble by wash trading their entire short positions in order to avoid FTD notifications.
So, NO their actions are pure manipulation while long investors can only buy shares and hope they did good DD and the company will increase in value over time.
Now that's a good question. I think betting on failure is suspicious, when information is suppressed. Artificially manipulating a stock down or up is scumbag territory. We shall see with upcoming results, where the dust will settle. Misleading investors on either side is the act of a scumbag.
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