I believe you thegreencandle. I've been watching the trade for the last couple of weeks it looks like fake trades to the own side and real trades to the upside.
In a mached market, if two people put in orders, one by and one sell, with the same broker at the same time, the orders will be matched an fill each other. That can be at any price. The buys seem to happen at higher prices. In other words, the shorts here are painting the tape.