So what's up with the ecto price??

I've noticed a steady increase in the price of Ecto. Right now, at certain times, I'm selling 13k units of Ecto to the merchant. So I stay near the merchant and check the price very regularly, and I'm seeing some very strange fluctuations. I understand that it can drop quickly when it's at 16k/17k because there are many of us selling to the merchant, but how come it goes back up so quickly? I can see it go from 17k to 14k in 15 minutes, which is understandable, but then go back up to 16k in 5 minutes? Who buys Ecto from the merchant at that price? I find it strange; I have the impression that there's some manipulation going on, or that the mechanism for determining the merchant's price isn't consistent. What are your thoughts? And at what price do you think it will stabilize?

thank you guys

Quote from Greg

What trademe stated, more than likely it is programmed for bots to automatically trade in plat to ectos when they get full. I'm guessing there is just more bots buying than there are people selling to the trader.

i think you are right because it's happening always on the same hours, it getting worse, this morning ecto was @18k, i sold mine 14k to the merchant

it's really bad, it's directly impacting arms/zkeys prices

if it keeps, they are going to be more and more bots, so price is going to keep rising...

and we can do nothing