Simple. They manipulate it exactly how they need to and they profit at both ends. Somewhere in between the manipulation, if a skilled momo trader, like Superones for example, can find the
sweet-spot, he/she can catch a little profit. This is nothing but a highly manipulated little machine. Some activity is visible; much is hidden in the dark. Companies that "care" and that aren't "in bed" with the hedgehogs, can use newly developed software to stop this type of manipulation, but if the company is beholden to the hedgehogs, they play along.
That's it. That's just how it is.
No fundamentals or filings that can be cited can explain this away.
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