RE: My last trade for now (until news lands)8 Jul 2019 14:50
The mms do not play games as such but they do have different trading tactics - all they want is as much volume that the share warrants and a % cut of all trades - they are no different to supermarkets and special offers. But as well as they using their own stock to create a market, sometimes others can give them stock [or put in orders] which changes the trading profile - here the deflation on the buys points to some sell orders - probably at 16.5p or above.
Given they determine the L2 bod and ask parameter prices - the colour of trade is a function of where it sits in relation to these figures - red below the mean, blue above. If bid and ask quotes are not very precise - you get misreport trades.
Like now, L2 should be 16.25 v 16.75 - and if it was, all trade colours would be correct apart from any at 16.5.
Do dummy trades and that will tell you . - even a 16.5 trade