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Short sellers using dark trades

[YassineNoBS]

The letter K refers to a dark order (they are operating in the shadows to execute their stealth war on shareholders)

Last 25 Trades

Date/Time		Price	Shares	Exch/Mkt	Buyer	Seller
04/21/2020 11:44 AMEDT		16.27	100	TSX	39	33
04/21/2020 11:44 AMEDT		16.28	200	TSX	001	79
04/21/2020 11:44 AMEDT		16.27	100	TSX	001	33
04/21/2020 11:43 AMEDT		16.26	100	TSX	72	79
04/21/2020 11:43 AMEDT		16.26	300	TSX	11	13
04/21/2020 11:43 AMEDT		16.26	100	TSX	11	79
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT	K	16.26	100	TSX	79	13
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.26	100	TSX	001	39
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.25	100	TSX	001	79
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.25	100	TSX	001	13
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.25	100	TSX	53	79
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.25	100	TSX	002	33
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.25	100	TSX	002	79
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.25	200	TSX	002	79
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.25	100	TSX	002	79
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.25	100	TSX	002	79
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.25	100	TSX	002	13
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.25	100	TSX	002	79
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.26	100	TSX	53	79
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT	K	16.25	200	TSX	002	001
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.26	100	TSX	001	13
04/21/2020 11:41 AMEDT		16.26	100	TSX	002	33
04/21/2020 11:40 AMEDT	K	16.25	100	TSX	002	79
04/21/2020 11:40 AMEDT	K	16.25	100	TSX	002	79
04/21/2020 11:40 AMEDT	K	16.25	100	TSX	002	79

[Northforce13]

I see more green ticks that red ticks Does that mean there's a group of longs conspiriing in a stealthy war to manipulate the share price upwards by craftily trading 100 share lots amonst themselves?

[YassineNoBS]

Short sellers  offer 100 shares or less for sale when trying to manipulate the price. If a retail investor wants to buy 1000 shares or so he will have to pay up more to get filled. As soon as he gets filled the short sellers place another 100 shares sell order for less than he just paid for it. If another buyer comes in the short sellers will let him bid up against himself and then place