Take a look at this:
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi40.tinypic.com%2F2cqjsky.png&t=665&c=tps3zgs8T-dsuQ)
Take note of the
volume bars, particularly the last 10 or so. They are showing >500 and even >1000 BTC of volume for each half-hour slot the graph depicts.
Now take a look at this:
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi40.tinypic.com%2Fbae4l.png&t=665&c=dL4n13yA1XQNig)
This pic shows the actual volume as recorded by cryptocoincharts.org each hour. Way,
way lower.
Every time the volume at BTC-e takes a jump, the orderbook is flooded with hundreds of tiny transactions, like so:
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi41.tinypic.com%2F2ih5fmu.png&t=665&c=6MGDsQ5zGr2iuw)
Now, you tell me. Is this a bug? Is it manipulation to make it look like BTC-e has good volume?
Can we trust their volume bars?