Dated case studies and guides, each one built on stocksonar's own readings of the public conversation around a stock.
How a pump and dump works, why it is illegal, what real SEC cases looked like, and the posting patterns behind it, with a real stocksonar reading that shows why loud is not the same as pumped.
Split the claim into parts, then ask which filing would have to contain each one. What an 8-K, 10-Q and Form 4 can and cannot confirm, with real Apple and Costco examples.
The noise floor is a stock’s own normal level of online conversation, measured over its previous 30 days. Today’s activity is read as a multiple of it.
On 3 Nov 2026, AAPL was the number 2 most talked-about stock on Reddit, at 12.3× its usual pace. stocksonar’s read: the discussion looks organic (medium confidence). Of the claims going around, “Recent earnings per share of about $2.01 and $2.02” matches the filings, while “Sell-out, orders up 30%, 8–10M units, more supply sought” is not addressed by the filings.
Timing clusters is the behaviour check for posts about a stock that arrive in tight bursts rather than spreading out over time.
Coordinated posting is a pattern in public posts: several behaviour checks outside a stock’s normal range, converging on the same narrative.
Loud is not the same as fake. How to tell organic stock hype from a coordinated push in four checks, with a real stocksonar reading of Apple from 3 Nov 2026.
Organic discussion is stocksonar’s reading for stock conversation that behaves like real people talking, not an organised push.