I like the way ECU behaved just about all day.
From opening there were the usual sellers until about 10:40 when the buyers took over, and they did take over. Not in a dramatic fashion but in a fairly steady climb.

I will not presume to know the market, that would be an ultimate folly, but I have often been convinced about a stock and with the intention to buy some cheap shares would wait for the price to fall sufficiently for me to take a bite.

Well this morning I would have waited and had I waited past 10:40 or so I would be playing catch up to the price. Hoping that it has risen enough and is due for a turn around. but with every passing minute, then hour that turn around does not come (there were dips). I would get annoyed with myself for not buying in the morning and would either go away or in desperation buy before the market closed.

What I interpret of today's action from noon onwards is people like myself waiting and getting frustrated, eventually buying at a higher than anticipated price all afternoon.

True, they seem to be noticing and voting with their wallets.