Hi buckiii2, nice to hear from you. :) No, it wasn't strange at all, it was part of the SOP merchandising operations as I mentioned in my previous post to which you are replying. IMHO, the PTB didn't want to raise prices on good news, just the opposite, they wanted to discourage investors from buying AAPT until they (the PTB) get their shares and then distribute their sharesto the public, aka the bagholders who don't do their DD and technical analysis, at far higher prices, i.e., "sold to you."
Good luck on your trades,
Bob-C