Sell me your shares That's all I hear when folks post nonsense to a forum or anything I researched and discovered they were wrong about.
Why do they do it ?
First off they are certainly not here to help anyone but themselves. They are either trying to buy as cheap as possible for their next swing trade or they are one of the traders under contract to buy shares and wish to do so as cheap as possible.
Who's under contract to buy ?
These traders are called Shorts. They borrow shares at one price, dump them on the market and are then under contract to buy replacement shares. If they do it at a lower price they profit. If they buy the replacement shares at a higher price they lose.
Who is better off losing than someone other than themselves ?
If you research "what is stock short selling" you can learn more about what I am referring to.
This is why research is important as some on stock forums will take advantage of your ignorance and lack of research.
You can also Google " the Bashers Handbook" it's pretty enlightening