they kick the can down the road every day, until the market price returns to what they desire and only then they send order to a lit market.
also heavy usage of synthetic shares and derivatives to hide naked shorts
also heavy usage of synthetic shares and derivatives to hide naked shorts
That’s not true, because, amongst other reasons, everything you’ve listed (synthetic shares/derivatives/kicking the can down the road) can be seen by others in the market.
(Naked) Short all you want, there’s nothing wrong morally with betting in that direction. But it will be picked up.