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Versarien shares up 36% today: is that an irrational market or just a rational evil market maker? The dead cat bounce explained.

Tom Winnifrith
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Versarien (VRS) has made it explicitly clear that it is likely to go into administration and that shareholders will lose everything, something that I celebrate! So why are the shares up 36% today, albeit to just 0.015p. This is a classic dead cat bounce and in a market maker system perfectly rational. It often happens as the end approaches.

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