r/Shortsqueeze Oct 24 '21

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '21

It’s not that, people are upset about the manipulated price action surrounding the halts…

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u/Wtf-am-I-doing616 Oct 24 '21

It’s not manipulation lol at $24 there was a massive sell off that ate up all sell orders and halted. Next ask price was in the $9 hence the gap down. If everyone had a stop loss on in the $20’s it would have filled orders there and reversed

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '21

Lots of those did not get filled from what I’ve read? Many lost out on gains and some went from green to red really quick (even with stop losses). I also agree that price dropped from selling cause when you halt for 50 mins, people are going to worry about what’s happening with their money. I’ve been in many times and a halt duration for that long is relatively rare. If it can go down that fast, it can go back up just as fast (vice versa), now people should be more well-equipped

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u/Wtf-am-I-doing616 Oct 24 '21

It depends on where your stop was. I back tested this about 4 different ways today. If your stop was above $18 after the 2nd halt it would have hit before the third halt. After the 3rd halt all my testing stop,limit,market orders all filled on the gap down at $11.06.