RE:manipulated level 2...check out time stamps of 15:40:15I agree with you. ESI has been manipulated for years, so are many other stocks. In particular Surge Energy SGY is the worst manipulated stock I have come across.
I'm heavily invested in ESI and have used this "Manipulation" to trade with them re the Institutions. You need to be very patient and only trade during the peaks and valleys. The key player is CIBC (79) and Anonymous (1) which are the same and TD Waterhouse (7). You will notice that many times the Institutions are on both sides of the trade....meaning it transfers from one of their accounts to the other. ESI has been heavily shorted during the past month...just look on the Internet for the Short Reports....know this and trade accordingly.
IMO