Janice, you have no way of knowing if an illegal short is being covered unless you are part of that said illegal short.
So should I take your statement as fact about you knowing all?
Furthermore, the cash dividend wasn't enough to force any shorts to cover and you know it.
Any shorts would just pay the small dividend out of pocket and laugh.
They sold a share for say .0004 and only had to pay .00002 penalty for doing so. They pocket .00038 per share profit.
Only if they covered would it hurt them.
Also, if this buying volume is shorts covering then they still make a profit, just not as much as they had planned.
Additionally, it appears someone "IS" covering something since there is still a bid to be had.
The only good reason for there to be a bid at this point is so the shorts can cover.
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