I get your perspective, but respectfully disagree.
Today’s action demonstrates that short side dealers still have the upperhand on volume. Only data will bring in enough new money to propell the stock price upward. Anxiety increases exponentially as you approach a binary event like this one and the short side is picking off the shareholders with a weak stomach.
None of this manipulation should matter to longs because we are so close to the prize. As I have stated, I have no reason to believe that the timeline has substantially changed since the 10Q. Therefore, I believe that statistical analysis is already underway and that a TLD surprise is in the plans for the near future.