Algorithmic trading. There are strategies that look for specific signals. There's a famous one called the "dead cat bounce." This essentially looks for a huge selloff. That triggers a buy. The strategy hopes the massive selloff is temporary and will bounce back. Sometimes it works. Other times, a trader ends up with a position due to the type of fund. There are many reasons.

Ehh I dunno.. I’ve read some stuff that indicates he was a part of the secret society from day one.

Perhaps the only difference between now and then was that back then, they couldn’t get away with being so overt about it.