Replies to post #18273 on eTotalSource, Inc. (fka ETLS)

[valleyboi0]

Normally, and IMO, they would be forced to raise the ask to entice sellers. Simple. If the ask were where it really should be .. say ... .0038 ~ .005 ... ish .. we would have volume.

But MMs cannot stand to lose, .. to the point where they routinely step outside the provisions, guidelines, operating standards, and indeed the law as a measure of last resort.

Often stepping outside the law is always profitable. Lets face it .. if you can make 32 million breaking the law using shady and unethical tactics .. in a week or a month .. who really cares about the 5m dollar fine that you MIGHT get ???

Just the cost of doing (dirty) business. ...

<sarcasm> its all our own fault after all, making them fill orders and all that .. for shares they dont have .. LOL </sarcasm>

[Nullroute]

No matter is volume dries up, the MM still have to cover. There is someone ALWAYS willing to sell at their price. I have a few asks out there for .01 and over. So MM pretty much have to gap up and purchase at the next ask price available to get their shares. Once they get through all of those they have to purchase at the next ask price. If im not mistaken they have 15 days to cover from the time of shorting. During the "Short Squeeze" there is a huge increase in volume as the MM try to cover and cover for as little as they can. Even if this means the next ask price. So the little volume to awesome. Means they need to cover some of their shares today, so we should see some buys coming in on the ask and pushing it up, as the MM try to cover.

This is all given that no one dumps a couple million shares to them.