Article discusses a process of buying shares of a target company on a secondary market during hostile acquisition. Main norms required for a successful trade are presented. Author also describes unfavorable tactics aimed at devaluing a stock of a target company and hiding actual motives of a takeover originator. Irrational behavior of weak shareholders is examined in the article with an example of an order book. Common volume spread analysis signals are being studied from the point of view of

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... quisition originator, as a smart money shareholder of the company being acquired.