Conspiracy theories not withstanding, please do tell us which institutions you are referring to that are gobbling up everything below $8.00 that the shorts are selling to them.
Abe I forget who it was that mentioned that their is a large amount of options expiring Friday at $8 and the powers to be may be holding it under to get them to expire worthless. Im not an expert by any means in options but understand that there are many level of plays in the manipulation of this stock.