“ALERT!!!”, shouted a Twitter post on February 3 by a user calling himself Alexander Delarge, whose profile picture is the sociopathic protagonist with a similar name from A Clockwork Orange. The message was a bombastic plug for a little-known penny stock called MedX Holdings, a “brands and acquisitions” business looking at the emerging cannabis industry. Delarge’s real identity may be a mystery, but the trader’s clout is clear.
