RE:so interestingNone of this is what you call "manipulation". Its just market mechanics. I worked in the industry. Bids/asks often show strange prices until we get closer to the open at 9:30am. Not going to get into a long technical discussion here. They were many times at 9am I'm looking at higher prices and the stock opens lower. My advice is ignore that stuff. US stocks are different. They have a pre market and actually trade. Having said that we have had a nice run. Seems to be some consolidation happening here at these levels which is a positive. We do need a catalyst to get us to new highs.