RE: The CrowdFirst of all, IBR has no recorded short interests as of two days ago. The Crowd is too smart and experienced for that. Customer stock is put in street name and sold into the market through operator accounts. Your statement about a volume requirement for their mission is simply something that I only do not accept but have testified to the contrary in that respect. My study of the transactions in IBR for the past year have established the following--When ever the volume dries up and especially the orders below the market, and especially when there is a gap toward the bottom, and the bid is a light bid, that bid will be hit to create a low print at the least possible cost. This is the finger-print of the professional market manipulator and it is constantly evident in IBR trading.
Ordinary investors tend to sell into volume rallies--That is normal behavior of hung-up longs. Probing for a vacuum on the bid side is the ear-mark of the professional.
I really do not care to comment further on this matter.