Can anyone tell me what this is (in the picture below)? They look like stop runs but I'm wondering the following:

• If they work, why don't they happen more frequently?
  Can they be traded (if so, how?)
  Can they be avoided (if so, how?)
  Will they blow right past resting limit orders?

this is a bad data-provider, nothing else

@Squinty I agree with tr8er, it must be bad data.

This is my view - I put a couple of lines about where yours are for comparison

10 mins timeframe



1 min timeframe

Wow... I had no idea. Thanks for providing the screen shots showing a comparison. Very helpful!