Investors talk a lot about manipulation but presen

Investors talk a lot about manipulation but present little to no evidence of how that is actually done. It's the same as claiming the shorts are driving it down, when there is no evidence to support the claim. Perhaps it really exists, and perhaps it's just a convenient excuse to explain the downtrend.

If you want to see real evidence of manipulation, put in a stop-loss order for a sizable number of shares, and watch over the next couple of days to see if the price is tanked for a short time to trigger the trade. I've seen this dozens of times in OTC stocks, and I advise anyone invested here to NEVER use a stop-loss order as a means of limiting your losses. They will get taken out and you'll lose your shares. A minute later the share price will be trading at the previous level.

I don't really have a valid opinion on what might be causing the current downtrend. Might be from lack of news, or unsatisfied expectations from a group of shareholders who decide to unload their position. I do believe there are a sizable number of investors here who are only interested in short-term gains, and if the price is stagnant for a period of time, they move out of the stock and into something with more action. It might be a combination of things, not a single cause as some believe.

I would be concerned with the share price decline if I was needing to sell, and happy with the decline if I was in buying mode. Since I am in neither position, I choose to ignore it and maintain my focus on my original investment goal.

Some will laugh and call that the ostrich approach, but it helps to keep things in perspective, and I'm certainly not losing sleep over it, or feeling the need to vent frustrations on a message board.