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The dark pool trading phenomenon complicates matters further. For AMC shares, significant orders appear to be placed outside public view, leading to a perception of a consistently declining stock price, despite an influx of trading volume. Spoofing, a practice where traders place fake orders to manipulate market sentiment, has been speculated to have significant effects on AMC's trading dynamics.
This raises questions about the short sellers’ actual profitability. Are they genuinely profiting from the declining prices, or are they simply creating a facade to disorient stakeholders? Allegations persist that short sellers might be misreporting their positions to project success and to push supportive stakeholders to sell their AMC shares.