"I remind you that 2-3-5 cents plus doesn't mean much to wealthy individuals."
I suggest, (with all due respect) you stop thinking in cents and start thinking in percents.
.04 over 40 is a 10% swing... in one day.
No wonder why this stock is manipulated so much. Those 'pennies' add up to a significant percent at this price range.
Now you know why the mms have a vested interest in keeping the pps down, even at a minor loss when they can dump 300K shares at the end of the day.
Everyone else (longs) who buy on the news now sits on a significant percent loss at the end of the day, they get frustrated (sounding familiar?) and they give up -at a loss- for greener pastures in the short term.
And the average 'unsophisticated' investor falls for it.
Why do you think PTSC has so little 'short interest' (almost non-existant)?
When PTSC declared a dividend (practically UNHEARD of with a penny stock) those that WERE SHORT had to pay the dividend, not PTSC.
That's why the pps is walked down by 'circular trading'. Every license we get ...buyers come in, and there is a demand while the mms make the 10% gain.
How could the mms justify a $5.00 swing on a $40.00 stock consistently like this? The average investor would simply give up... but at $40.00 the 'average investor' would likely be a fund manager, and these games would not be tolerated.