Bought some moreBought a bit more today at 16.15 on the close
Manipulated the share price upwards by placing a standing order for 3000 shares at 16.15, thereby influencing and manipulating the market price upwards... stand by for Yassine's snapshot series showing it ;-)
More seriously, I think you're being overly paranoid about market manipulation. I don't see much more happening in HCG than in any other stock. The amount sold short is just 3-4% in Canada and 3-4% in the U.S., which is pretty normal levels.
What you are looking at might just be market makers doing their thing making a penny here and there, or large companies like Citadel, etc, doing the same thing with their technical trading.
I also don't see any paid sellers bashing the stock on this board or any other, nor do I see any chicken farmers from two thousand miles away popping up on BNN to tell everyone the stock is going to zero.
I know it's not what you want to hear and you might disagree, but I call it the way I see it.
GLTA!