Manipulation of the Security....Criminal activity ...the fact that it is correlated to a consistent downtrend in the PPS...where shares bought off the Bid are treated as Weakness and made to look like people are selling...
The fact that the "the psychological game" from the MM's and Lame Duck CEO that passes out Carrots instead of hard info from the Business Side and a "Do Nothing" on the "Trading" side...
demonstrates that the "game" is going the way of the perpetrator
IF it is a "game"...maybe 'people' are just selling...the mm's don't want the shares...just pass them off to those looking to buy off the bid where the weak ones sell...detect the weakness as a result and lower the bid!