How would you explain how an actual worthless company can have enormous runs, while small cap profitable companies linger in sub .01 land.
Easily. A very large percentage of OTC companies are scams right out of the gate. They pay promoters with shares, money, gifts. Then promoters promote and/or pay other social media goons with large followers to promote. Grifters like yourself contribute too with shameless cheerleading.
Then there's the zombie shell tickers that bottom of the pond scum illegally hijack. They use the same tactics mentioned above.
The claims of naked shorting, MM manipulation are just excuses used by promoters and their sheep to blame price decline on.