Could it be a GROUP of traders who are working together to buy at an agreed price well below the current bid, and part of their plan is to go in and trash the Company, talk about toxic debt and SEC suspensions, etc,,?? Then, once and if the stock reaches their level they buy and then become quiet while the stock has it's run, and then cash in at the top of the run! And these guys are probably good at it so they might have a better idea than most about things like, when will the run start?, how high will it run?, the right time to get out?.. And a fund or large group has enough traders in their group that they can literally run the stock themselves with their MASSIVE buying power!? They all start buying small to medium lots at a time slowly taking the price up, and usually everyone else outside the group jumps in too so it goes hyperbolic and goes up even faster! Now the fund or group that's controlling the run decides the price they want to exit and since they are maybe 60-80% of the money involved, after they sell it quickly tanks down and triggers everyone else to sell then it ends up a little above where the run started, unless of course the run has more REAL NEWS associated with it, or several catalysts causing the buying frenzy, then the PPS could possibly or nearly hold it's gains better! Stocks of Companies that have solid fundamentals and lot's of upcoming catalysts are PERFECT TARGETS for Funds or Groups to JUMP ON and RUN, RUN, RUN them!!!
BBRW!