Call me a little wide eyed and naive but I don’t fully subscribe...

Call me a little wide eyed and naive but I don’t fully subscribe to these bot and manipulation theories.. mind you on days I’m able to follow the buy/sells closely some of it does appear a little suspect. Still feel that sometimes fluctuations might just be caused by the odd seller looking to cash in after steep rises in recent months. Also maybe a little bit of DTs trading back and forth. If there is manipulation to try and keep price low, what is the motivation? 6 months ago it might have been from competitors to keep market cap low to reduce confidence and momentum... but the company has come so far and mine is now about to be built so there seems little point in trying that ploy. Any manipulation now more likely to get price as low as possible so people in the know/uk brokers can buy cheap and sell high once the big news and updates hit in the coming few months. That seems more likely... but open to hear other thoughts?