I wish I could find
An article that was circulating around a few years back. It was from a retired market maker that told of how he was required to cheat the system and how he did it. The gist of it was that he would accumulate alot of shares to work with then he would short the stock. He would sell shares at a loss and drive the price down as weak hands and day traders would get nevous and sell. Stop losses would kick in. This would cause more shorters to pile on and drive the price even lower. As the sellers dry up at the low he would cover his shorts and then drive the price up squeezing the shorters that joined the drop. As people started to watch it rise they get fomo and buy in. Then he would short the stock and repeat the process. each cycle happens over months not days. Each cycle he accumulates more and more shares plus makes money going up and down. I see this pattern happening here. Actually I see it on the whole venture. The only way to stop it is to buy and hold. He makes is money and shares of weak hands,shorters and daytraders/pennyflippers. I will continue to look for the article because it was a real eye opener.