Anytime you see broker 001 = Anonymous on both or one side of the trade, I assume that the transaction is hidden for a reason which is not ethical. If one side is shown for the broker I also assume that the annonymous side of the treade is usually the same broker. That means that the broker is shuffling shares from one account to another of his own or between one of his and one of his clients. If the trade involves less than 500 shares or several at once that represents deliberate break up, it reeks twice as much. Oh No, that is not manipulation, Sheesh.