thats what they doing but it not working, the same person was flashing 40,000 shares at the ask then removing them, then adding them, too many smart people seen that , now they sold at low and not gonna get back in
You are thinking too much into motives that most likely don't exist. All that is happening is that there is no catalyst news to start a sustained drive higher. You just have a whipsaw of emotions playing out among the crowd in the meantime.