Just want to clarify that I do not know for a fact what I stated above is what took place. Simply my thoughts with what I know about the transactions that took place and market behavior given the tools at my disposal.

What I do know for sure is that the stock market is a beautifully complicated system when left to its natural order. It's a monster when played with. Stock market history is littered with manipulation evidenced by the massive amount of laws and regulations placed upon it through time. The massive majority of which are designed to protect the investor but left by the side of the road when government decides its own horrendous monitary policy and errors should be protected.