Exactly Snup, it doesn't make sense when looking at it in the purest form of selling a stock short .... Remember Judy saying "If it doesn't make sense, it's usually not true" ???????
Here is an example of what is going on: IB_ 🤴 & snupoled 🥴 sit together at the same desk "trading floor"... IB_ has 10 million shares of ELTP in an account that is owned/controlled by the firm and snupoled has 10 million shares of ELTP in an account that is owned/controlled BY THE SAME FIRM !!!! We can short sell and cover between us to influence the share price as long as there isn't a lot of OTHER buyers or sellers .......... Market Makers are who I am speaking of !!!!!!! Market Makers will control the share price until there are more buyers or more sellers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope this explanation did not leave you "snupdawgled",
IB_🤴