RE: Brent priceHi Kitty:
You mentioned, "I know the market is manipulated by banks and brokers". I've mentioned this before on Stockhouse but have you also checked the Alhpa Trading system? Many stocks trade there too and your order can be partially of fully filled on that system. Some ETF's trade almost exclusively on Alpha and hardly at all on the TSX. It's not uncommon for IAE to trade 20 or 25% of the TSX volume on the Alpha ATS each day.
I believe we are getting close to approving another trading system in Canada too to make net trading even more opaque.
Here is the direct link for Ithaca trading today.
https://www.alphatradingsystems.ca/ALPHAMARKET/MarketActivity/SymbolLookupResults/tabid/97/Default.aspx?pid=92&symbol=iae