"As for the big boys? Let them play their games. If you're in doubt that there are coordinated attacks on stocks, take a look at the message boards when dozens of new IDs show up and spew out BS hours before market open and then for the duration of the time that they want the stock to go down. After their mission is accomplished, the board goes silent and the only ones that are still left are the long timers. It's like a swarm of locusts (or just a few clowns sitting on a computer) that fly in to incite panic, fear and confusion until their job is done."