Ann: UK City Code to Apply on Takeover or Merger, page-13

For starters the volumes haven't been high on the pullback. An average of around 350K/day in the 7 trading days since the $1.74 high. Nothing unusual about this esp given recent appreciation. Secondly it's obvious if you've been watching the trades over the past week that the stock is being manipulated. Yes everyone says this when their pet stock retraces. And sometimes it's true and pretty obviously so. Here's a sample from yesterday afternoon and one from today. There's nothing normal about this other than it has been the new norm over the past week. As @TheSpeakAge said, someone is playing silly buggers.