Thanks for your excellent charts T7 (as always)
Not so sure about your last sentence though....one could suggest it is more "forced" than "unforced" and could even suggest it is in response to some grizzly HC posts.
My rationale for this is that the "record Q2 sales" announcement for last year wasn't made until 10 January 2018....which, if things were to be "unforced" ... it is still one month to go!