Can you remember the total volume for the day?
Yes.
Are you implying that the slide yesterday, wasn't a result of manipulation and merely innumerable rusted on share holders, deciding that "then" was the time to throw in the towel?
Remember the actual number of shorts taken out and intelligently utilised, is only
one mechanism for manipulating a company's share price.
It's definitely like a shot of nitrous oxide for the other measures though.
There's also more than one party's interest, in a lower share price.
LDA Capital, being the most prominent, at this time.
Algorithms can manipulate a share price, without ever touching a borrowed share.
Also remember "Big guys" can
see "Stop losses" which just appear to them as "Sell orders".
They don't "blindly" hunt for them.
People should set alerts and then decide to act, if they are of the type who either can't manage their investment closely, or are concerned about fluctuations in the share price.
Also those "reported shorts" are just that.
What is "reported".
Anyone who thinks we're playing on a fair and level playing field, is not paying attention..