I understand that aspect.  What annoys me is the BOT trades...

I understand that aspect.  What annoys me is the BOT trades under $500, where most retailers have to pay brokerage above $500 and are unlikely to buy parcels without brokerage below $500. 

On so many stocks you see trades of $10 - $15 and that is clearly IMO a manipulation where such trades occur constantly.  Infact, as I am starting to get my head around TA (as I invest on FA) BOTS are useful IMO in understanding short term TA possible directions. 

By number of trades, I can understand the concept of 80% trades (just look at AVL today) are through BOTS but by $ invested in the stock each day BOT trading is unlikely to be near 80% IMO (again just look at AVL by $ invested today).  BTW, the BOT was successful selling into 2.6c because someone got fed up and had dumped some 1.5 million shares today at that price at 2:29:59 today at a guess (or they just wanted to dump at that price etc).  All MO