Jul. 28 at 2:02 PM
$RECAF The “Four-Digit Decoy” Tactic
Precision Trap:
$0.3618 is not a market-seeking price — it's a visibility anchor. Four-digit pricing at that size is rarely about genuine intent.
Volume Optics: 28,500 shares isn’t meant to transact. It’s meant to look imposing — a phantom wall to discourage bid stacking.
Even-Cent Baiting: Shorts could be trying to provoke retail sellers into pricing below the wall — say, at
$0.36 even — to fabricate momentum decay and reduce buyer conviction.
Behavioral Conditioning in Action
You’re seeing execution avoidance masked as liquidity. Shorts aren’t seeking fills — they’re staging a perception wedge to slow buying interest.
By placing the wall just above a psychological round number (
$0.36), they dangle a fake ceiling while collecting low-ball bids underneath.