Cannabis Stocks Pumped then Dumped since Dec 29th Traders run for the exits then Short & Distort

Huge Canadian and US Brokerages That Trade VS YOU
Painted The Tape Green for themselves since Friday Dec 29th

The Big boys have taken millions of dollars out of the Cannabis market as a New Years Gift to themselves. And lots of us have made money I have netted 50k since Friday Dec 29th on a few trades.  Brokerages run for the exits since. the big reason today?

Jeff Sessions rescinded the Obama a-era policy and he is now
cracking down won States Right To Sell Pot i.e. California biggest in the world
Recreational marijuana now legal in California and ,

Attorney general to end lenient enforcement of federal marijuana laws, days after new legalization measure took effect in California  Source

Friday BUY/SELLS shown below:

The retail buyers range from Cantor Fitz to Instinet 

4 Cantor Fitz

560

7,700

13.75

0

560

-7,700

House	Bought	$Val	Ave	Sold	$Val	Ave	Net	$Net
13 Instinet	25,782,390	305,490,856	11.849	23,160,692	274,732,505	11.862	2,621,698	-30,758,351

The Giants dumped 282,251,035  shares on the retail market since Friday there are 452,733,103 shares in the float. so 60% of the float was in play since Friday 29th.

I think the ACB store is going into hibernation very soon ... maybe by Friday. 

Then they will accumulate shares as the price falls o the lowest possible point, and then they will flip the switch again, and the cycle runs again and again. How many times until July 2018
come in again and in the future as we approach July 2018 legalization.

As long as there is demand they will play in this game. The smart retail trader watch the signs and the patterns and most importantly the tale of the tape. Watch the stats...look below.

Security Type	Equity
Shares Issued	452,733,103
Market Cap	5,903,640,000
Year High	14.88
Year Low	1.90
Annual Earnings/Share	-0.05 CAD
P/E Ratio	-260.80
Annual Dividend/Share	0.00 CAD
Annual Dividend Yield	0.00 %
Ex-Dividend Date
Sector	30202010 - Agricultural Products

The Facts...
We called on telephone=all systems busy
Emailed- No Reply other than "Due to volume systems unavailable"
TD website and advanced dashboard crashes online trade access for Retail and the same with RBC Dashboards. We could NOT load up at 11.70 which is where they crashed the stock at the bottom end today.

This allowed them to absorb the stop losses at a great discount and but the Pros Traders took the cash and left you the paper.  They will now let the stock fall or rise on its own power.
But they have left people under water since 14.88. So there will be sellers all the way from todays price $13.04 to 14.88 . And that is just ACB, check out all the others and see the same pattern,
Weed APH Leaf , all the same story they rode them way up, than sold off.
Updated:And the fall continued to $11.85 Friday)

Now ACB still has a chance to get back thru 14.00 but its going to be tough UNLESS there are still brokerage houses that can paint the tape Green and get MORE retail buyers.

And the blockage on RBC and TD was to allow only brokerages to trade , and the dumped stock drove the price down and picked up all the stop-losses at HUGE discounts UNTIL THE NEXT TIME

This is the classic legal Pump and Dump and Painting the tape green is how they create a buying frenzied Bull Market.  BUT the question is did you pay attention to the signs that the game was ending? It was posted by me on Stockhouse. I exited the stock today did you?

They brought HUGE volume thru their technique. And they capitalized on ALL the great Weed News

When Jeff Sessions came out against pot today the Canadian and USA brokerages shown in green below, dumped millions more than they bought and exited , this is just today I will show you the last 4 trade days totals.

Close Prices Last 4 Trade Days

Price/volumes not adjusted for restructures

Date	Ex	Sym	Open	High	Low	Close	Chg	Total Vol	#Tr	Bid	Ask	T-TSX	A-Alpha	X-Chi-X	H-CX2	P-Pure	O-Omega	E-NEO	M-TriAct	L-LiquidNet	I-Instinet	Y-Lynx	U-NEO
2018-01-04	T	ACB	13.80	14.00	11.49	13.04	-1.14	72,645,469	180,727	13.04	13.05	57,917,187	2,925,312	5,323,500	1,570,877	247,502	527,300		877,891			5,000	3,238,200
2018-01-03	T	ACB	12.93	14.88	12.50	14.18	2.36	84,085,400	183,534	14.15	14.18	68,942,669	5,634,693	4,979,700	2,401,979	176,644	1,291,200		1,513,570			1,200	3,733,365
2018-01-02	T	ACB	10.75	11.91	10.11	11.82	2.22	55,422,529	99,507	11.82	11.90	38,048,003	4,285,371	4,886,911	1,393,465	217,971	1,140,700		766,578			3,000	4,680,530
2017-12-29	T	ACB	9.25	10.53	8.60	9.60	0.66	70,094,937	127,446	9.58	9.60	51,864,334	5,431,277	4,948,700	1,645,030	287,657	744,500		681,639			5,600	4,486,200

But short covering contributed to the fast ris in the stock to 14.88
23,541,500 short stocks since Dec 15 2017 or 5.26 % of the Float (Shares Insured)

Short Positions for ACB

Symbol	Report Date	Volume	Change	Shares Issued	% Float
T : ACB	2017-12-15	23,541,500	-1,393,862	447,943,830	5.26
T : ACB	2017-11-30	24,935,362	-11,143,738	403,600,110	6.18
T : ACB	2017-11-15	36,079,100	11,535,768	401,926,151	8.98

Look at the green below

House Positions for C:ACB from 20180104 to 20180104

House	Bought	$Val	Ave	Sold	$Val	Ave	Net	$Net
7 TD Sec	12,611,825	164,415,816	13.037	11,769,156	153,788,603	13.067	842,669	-10,627,213
39 Merrill Lynch	1,767,043	23,201,441	13.13	1,289,519	16,964,121	13.155	477,524	-6,237,320
9 BMO Nesbitt	3,900,277	50,907,953	13.052	3,562,069	46,307,045	13.00	338,208	-4,600,908
124 Questrade	1,910,914	24,772,485	12.964	1,757,289	22,845,925	13.001	153,625	-1,926,560
13 Instinet	4,993,640	64,446,190	12.906	4,841,409	62,495,324	12.908	152,231	-1,950,866
19 Desjardins	1,135,447	14,907,733	13.129	998,969	13,164,747	13.178	136,478	-1,742,986
80 National Bank	1,256,553	16,342,688	13.006	1,181,725	15,347,654	12.988	74,828	-995,034
143 Pershing	397,725	5,207,312	13.093	323,102	4,130,459	12.784	74,623	-1,076,853
59 PI	147,208	1,925,099	13.077	99,849	1,250,855	12.527	47,359	-674,244
88 Credential	170,565	2,167,377	12.707	133,376	1,692,864	12.692	37,189	-474,513
76 Industrial Alliance	257,367	3,164,457	12.296	229,809	2,897,302	12.607	27,558	-267,155
56 Edward Jones	60,923	805,667	13.224	34,080	442,845	12.994	26,843	-362,822
1 Anonymous	9,458,587	122,856,547	12.989	9,444,424	122,832,668	13.006	14,163	-23,879
72 Credit Suisse	97,601	1,307,126	13.393	83,700	1,081,661	12.923	13,901	-225,465
62 Haywood	22,700	289,763	12.765	13,340	178,993	13.418	9,360	-110,770
3 AltaCorp	9,100	117,505	12.913	2,900	38,781	13.373	6,200	-78,724
77 Peters	5,800	70,984	12.239	0			5,800	-70,984
57 Interactive	39,017	498,347	12.773	33,357	433,490	12.995	5,660	-64,857
48 Laurentian	4,666	60,630	12.994	1,925	24,314	12.631	2,741	-36,316
200 Acumen	3,120	38,538	12.352	1,715	20,580	12.00	1,405	-17,958
94 Hampton	1,000	12,980	12.98	0			1,000	-12,980
4 Cantor Fitz	560	7,700	13.75	0			560	-7,700
68 Leede	20,554	263,791	12.834	20,400	268,865	13.18	154	5,074
84 Ind Trading	39,400	516,875	13.119	39,400	517,841	13.143	0	966
36 Latimer	20,300	261,514	12.882	20,800	270,372	12.999	-500	8,858
25 Odlum	2,840	36,707	12.925	4,500	59,582	13.24	-1,660	22,875
70 Manulife	18,663	243,493	13.047	21,740	273,957	12.602	-3,077	30,464
14 ITG	106,239	1,404,257	13.218	110,986	1,419,174	12.787	-4,747	14,917
22 Fidelity	5,382	68,249	12.681	15,150	188,645	12.452	-9,768	120,396
15 UBS	49,238	649,329	13.188	60,712	807,730	13.304	-11,474	158,401
99 Jitney	957,900	12,495,866	13.045	971,100	12,782,083	13.162	-13,200	286,217
43 Caldwell	1,000	13,481	13.481	15,900	215,019	13.523	-14,900	201,538
101 SG Capital	80,200	1,002,356	12.498	96,300	1,207,213	12.536	-16,100	204,857
83 Mackie	42,200	560,715	13.287	59,800	805,289	13.466	-17,600	244,574
90 Barclays	21,500	273,387	12.716	40,000	521,247	13.031	-18,500	247,860
58 Qtrade	381,678	4,964,027	13.006	403,507	5,200,207	12.888	-21,829	236,180
97 M Partners	0			27,350	365,525	13.365	-27,350	365,525
85 Scotia	4,219,342	54,912,204	13.014	4,247,594	55,191,843	12.994	-28,252	279,639
2 RBC	5,229,598	68,427,345	13.085	5,273,324	68,843,019	13.055	-43,726	415,674
65 Goldman	259,440	3,351,738	12.919	324,353	4,246,238	13.091	-64,913	894,500
53 Morgan Stanley	95,328	1,242,285	13.032	202,269	2,671,615	13.208	-106,941	1,429,330
28 BBS	330,824	4,266,426	12.896	616,995	7,863,587	12.745	-286,171	3,597,161
74 GMP	85,370	1,143,080	13.39	374,042	4,795,483	12.821	-288,672	3,652,403
89 Raymond James	80,259	1,032,677	12.867	385,845	4,926,300	12.768	-305,586	3,893,623
33 Canaccord	6,535,629	84,502,935	12.93	7,089,324	91,746,412	12.941	-553,695	7,243,477
79 CIBC	13,149,611	170,267,785	12.949	13,761,029	178,299,383	12.957	-611,418	8,031,598
TOTAL	69,984,133	909,424,860	12.995	69,984,133	909,424,860	12.995	0	0

House Positions for C:ACB from 20171229 to 20180104

House	Bought	$Val	Ave	Sold	$Val	Ave	Net	$Net
13 Instinet	25,782,390	305,490,856	11.849	23,160,692	274,732,505	11.862	2,621,698	-30,758,351
7 TD Sec	58,687,702	709,157,088	12.084	57,274,821	691,000,539	12.065	1,412,881	-18,156,549
89 Raymond James	2,366,007	29,719,075	12.561	1,279,169	16,400,970	12.822	1,086,838	-13,318,105
39 Merrill Lynch	7,655,110	90,219,470	11.786	6,639,972	77,543,645	11.678	1,015,138	-12,675,825
80 National Bank	5,457,539	65,439,939	11.991	4,498,151	54,012,989	12.008	959,388	-11,426,950
85 Scotia	19,307,160	229,443,396	11.884	18,494,457	218,495,399	11.814	812,703	-10,947,997
72 Credit Suisse	1,581,832	16,638,404	10.518	861,608	9,709,224	11.269	720,224	-6,929,180
19 Desjardins	4,505,425	54,242,767	12.039	3,900,078	46,848,964	12.012	605,347	-7,393,803
143 Pershing	1,285,800	15,835,307	12.316	769,341	9,473,748	12.314	516,459	-6,361,559
76 Industrial Alliance	1,147,329	13,912,904	12.126	762,085	10,003,869	13.127	385,244	-3,909,035
14 ITG	621,441	7,716,475	12.417	318,753	3,797,114	11.912	302,688	-3,919,361
8 Eight	291,000	2,824,439	9.706	0			291,000	-2,824,439
2 RBC	22,835,136	266,913,970	11.689	22,654,279	263,106,477	11.614	180,857	-3,807,493
59 PI	554,385	7,005,081	12.636	387,145	4,831,072	12.479	167,240	-2,174,009
56 Edward Jones	178,053	2,178,284	12.234	94,494	1,177,559	12.462	83,559	-1,000,725
124 Questrade	9,875,206	118,388,527	11.988	9,813,505	116,267,859	11.848	61,701	-2,120,668
24 Clarus	50,000	544,471	10.889	0			50,000	-544,471
15 UBS	168,601	2,072,319	12.291	129,817	1,721,748	13.263	38,784	-350,571
57 Interactive	146,260	1,715,830	11.731	119,660	1,385,679	11.58	26,600	-330,151
99 Jitney	5,166,500	61,629,715	11.929	5,143,900	61,624,550	11.98	22,600	-5,165
86 Pictet	20,000	225,800	11.29	0			20,000	-225,800
150 Trapeze	22,300	207,875	9.322	7,900	73,438	9.296	14,400	-134,437
25 Odlum	19,765	217,235	10.991	8,825	116,589	13.211	10,940	-100,646
70 Manulife	76,965	927,834	12.055	67,923	756,497	11.138	9,042	-171,337
88 Credential	461,835	5,651,459	12.237	456,238	5,353,176	11.733	5,597	-298,283
48 Laurentian	18,107	225,290	12.442	13,913	178,189	12.807	4,194	-47,101
3 AltaCorp	219,400	2,409,303	10.981	215,800	2,259,670	10.471	3,600	-149,633
22 Fidelity	49,629	596,483	12.019	46,998	569,068	12.108	2,631	-27,415
4 Cantor Fitz	560	7,700	13.75	0			560	-7,700
102 Lakeshore	196	2,096	10.694	0			196	-2,096
101 SG Capital	144,800	1,804,564	12.462	144,800	1,821,550	12.58	0	16,986
94 Hampton	1,000	12,980	12.98	1,000	11,900	11.90	0	-1,080
84 Ind Trading	92,900	1,260,861	13.572	92,900	1,252,876	13.486	0	-7,985
11 Macquarie	70,000	960,385	13.72	70,000	957,651	13.681	0	-2,734
92 Pollitt	0			500	7,000	14.00	-500	7,000
77 Peters	8,050	94,131	11.693	10,500	106,865	10.178	-2,450	12,734
68 Leede	53,274	644,916	12.106	58,970	707,840	12.003	-5,696	62,924
200 Acumen	4,640	53,110	11.446	10,485	134,002	12.78	-5,845	80,892
36 Latimer	83,500	999,442	11.969	89,381	1,085,170	12.141	-5,881	85,728
87 Beacon	0			10,000	138,833	13.883	-10,000	138,833
18 Echelon	5,750	74,149	12.895	19,000	260,877	13.73	-13,250	186,728
28 BBS	1,263,804	15,051,632	11.91	1,277,543	15,558,746	12.179	-13,739	507,114
43 Caldwell	2,000	27,321	13.661	15,900	215,019	13.523	-13,900	187,698
90 Barclays	43,750	580,996	13.28	75,000	998,422	13.312	-31,250	417,426
58 Qtrade	1,339,870	16,275,435	12.147	1,374,260	16,627,406	12.099	-34,390	351,971
83 Mackie	555,835	5,905,369	10.624	593,600	6,433,856	10.839	-37,765	528,487
97 M Partners	32,500	290,325	8.933	114,250	1,265,870	11.08	-81,750	975,545
62 Haywood	66,300	798,140	12.038	439,803	4,900,388	11.142	-373,503	4,102,248
74 GMP	134,735	1,740,946	12.921	525,999	6,758,558	12.849	-391,264	5,017,612
73 Cormark	0			422,010	5,782,685	13.703	-422,010	5,782,685
9 BMO Nesbitt	13,998,368	167,641,708	11.976	14,803,201	177,354,517	11.981	-804,833	9,712,809
65 Goldman	1,007,737	12,420,306	12.325	1,935,067	25,309,537	13.079	-927,330	12,889,231
53 Morgan Stanley	1,298,147	15,212,942	11.719	2,338,492	27,773,713	11.877	-1,040,345	12,560,771
1 Anonymous	34,807,660	416,583,866	11.968	36,127,093	433,238,413	11.992	-1,319,433	16,654,547
33 Canaccord	16,957,849	218,397,045	12.879	18,994,039	243,689,017	12.83	-2,036,190	25,291,972
79 CIBC	41,726,933	504,644,601	12.094	45,587,718	549,203,314	12.047	-3,860,785	44,558,713
TOTAL	282,251,035	3,393,034,562	12.021	282,251,035	3,393,034,562	12.021	0	0

The Pump and Dump 

The Roulette Wheel Of The Market-Sectors

Hot Money Moves From Sector To Sector And If You Follow The Money You Will Never Be Left Holding The Dirty Bag. Venture Exchange Stock Manipulation Is A Fact Of Life And Here Is How It Works...Pump & Dump Scheme vs Short & Distort Scheme

This interesting article uses stages to help explain not only the stages of the highly publicized PUMP & DUMP scheme but also the stages of the lesser known SHORT & DISTORT scheme.

PUMP & DUMP vs SHORT & DISTORT

Most traders have heard and read of the Pump & Dump scheme. But very little has been written about the other side of the trade or its opposite, which is the Short & Distort.

Now lets take the Short & Distort scheme and apply it to the rules of Pump + Dump for stock manipulators.

In order to make these market manipulations work, the professionals assume:

(a) The Public is STUPID and
(b) The Public will mainly buy at the HIGH and
(c) The Public will sell at the LOW.

Therefore, as long as the market manipulator can run crowd control, he can be successful in his agenda of stock manipulation by controlling the market's greed and fear.

The Pump & Dump Scheme

Stage 1: The Acquisition of shares.

Please note: all sharp price movements, whether up or down, are the result of one or more, usually a group, professionals manipulating the share price.

(Loading): In stage I of a Pump & Dump scheme Manipulators after acquiring their shares leak information and pump the stock to get buyers silently. This leads to front loading also.

Stage 2: The Promotional Campaign!

Note: this is designed to spread a rumor/story and to play on the emotional greed of a pie in the sky find. It begins to spread across the financial world. Joe public rushes in not to miss the next gold rush.

(PUMP/Greed) Newsletter writers are hired -- either secretly or not -- to cheerlead a stock. PR firms are hired and let loose upon an unsuspecting public. Contracts to appear on radio talk shows are signed and implemented. An advertising campaign is rolled out (television ads, newspaper ads, card deck mailings, e-mails, etc.).

The company signs up to exhibit at "investment conferences" and "shows" (mainly so they can get a little "podium time" to hype their stock and tell you how "their company is really different" and "not a stock promotion.") Funny little "hype" messages are posted on Internet newsgroups. BTW the more, the merrier. 1000% returns are projected.

Stage 3: The infamous DUMP!

(DUMP) The once low volume that caused a bit of a spike suddenly changes to big volume. The stock manipulators sell out their positions into the new buying brought on by the promotion campaign.

Stage 4: The Silence or News Vacuum!

(Silence) No more news or insider leaks of information to pump the stock to get buyers. The front loading sells out. The silence plays on the emotional fear of being hoodwinked. Negative opinions begin to spread across the financial world. Joe public sells out to cut their losses. The really slick market manipulators would even seed the Internet news groups or other journalists to plant negative stories about that company. Or start a propaganda campaign of negative rumors on all available communication vessels.

Stage 5: The Distortion!

(Gone/Waiting/Shorting):

Stage 6: The Accumulation!

(Gone/Waiting/Buying): If the manipulator sees an opportunity the stock is on the floor and not part of the Short & Distort campaign they will begin buying back and slowly accumulating. As the Shorters were shorting the first manipulator was selling, so now it goes the other way. Buying to put pressure on the shorter to cover. Accumulation by new investors and averaging down of old investors leads to the pressure on the shorts.

The Short & Distort Scheme

Stage I: Monitoring

In stage I of a Short & Distort scheme Short groups Monitor spikes in volumes on stocks with no rumors.

Stage 2: Flagging

Shorts Flag stocks that run up then sits back and wait patiently for their time.

Stage 3: Preparation

The Shorters research the company and develop their Distortion of the rumors to be used later.

Stage 4: Actual Shorting

The shorts step in selling on every possible up tick. This is the Reverse of front loading. Preparations are made to attack the guy who had earlier written positively about the company and take out, discredit, any new long-term champions or messengers.

Stage 5: Distortion Campaign

The shorts step in and increase selling on every possible up tick. Just as with the pump, newsletters, e-mail, PR firms against P & D, etc. are simulated. Expertise in the field is recruited for credibility. Any possible twist using POS (Purposely Omitted Syntax) and PAS (Purposely Added Syntax) is conveniently used on every possible angle. If the POS/PAS is discovered then attack the messenger. Above all control the message boards.

The group clutters the message boards, so no positive information can be readily found. Justification is the Value of the Company in the market. Projections of $0.00 worth and loss projections of 100%

Note: The market manipulator will do everything in his/her power to keep buyers OUT OF THE STOCK. Cut your losses is touted to stimulate fear. You bought higher but now they need you to sell lower.

Stage 6: Pressure

The shorts have taken it too far. The volume is increasing and the price is not effectively dropping. A stalemate occurs. Personal attacks increase. Threats of legal action, SEC involvement, and yes even death threats increase. Increased secret IDs are employed to increase the cluttering, personal attacks and the distortion. So begins a string of lies that run for as long as one's stomach can take it. Desperately playing on the "you have been had" scenario. Any new news will be hit it hard by shorters to kill any interest.

Note: Watch the volume not the share price. A market manipulator will have various brokers buying and selling the stock to give the APPEARANCE of increasing volume but the price goes down. Thus stimulating the story the company is selling or an off shore reg S or other convenient scenario. Watch for large blocks that show up but have a MM special code, cross overs, etc.

Stage 7: The Cover

Without warning the buying pressure is too much and the short begins to cover. Short covering combined with new investors buying into the stock causes the stock to go up. Often the whole thing starts again. Just a vicious cycle sometimes.