It is 100% manipulated, most likely by a hedge. See my post here from a day or two ago. Dr LOL gets caught making a dumb statement about how a hedge would never get involved with Elite, because he really doesn't know anything about the company except what folks have told him. That post amazingly disappears a long time later even though it was not a TOS violation. Couch even quotes him right after. LOL then tries to change his argument because his post no longer exists.

Longs of course know the history and that Hedges have a history with Elite.

And they want longs to keep posting too. for several reasons. One is to keep tabs on what is going on for when the next big event occurs.