same concept but it triggers downward pressure. You need two market-makers (or more) to make this happen... SP of XTZ is trading at $1.00....MM A puts a 100k block up for sale @.98, MM B buys this block, creating a 2% decline on the tape. Next up, MM B puts that same block up for sale @ .96, MM A buys this block, creating even more downward pressure on the SP that may exaberate selling pressure because of stops loss selling or investors just feeling uneasy about the increased selling volume. This in turn allows these same MMs to either A) Cover short shares for Hedge Funds or themselves B) Buy shares much cheaper and out a Cap on the SP for one reason or another. They make there money on the way back up selling those 2 blocks purchased at .98 and .96 to us retail or another client. Sound familar....down and up, up then down, down and up......... pretty freaking easy to do when you "make the market" and shares are trading on the OTC, with very little to no Institutional Interest to throw thier plan off track. Much tougher with mid/large cap stocks because most of these stocks are part of some sort of Index Fund...Russell,etc and more widely held and traded by large investors and Instys. They are also much closely watched by SEC and other regulators. The OTC is the wild-west of Wall Street, make no mistake about it.
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