I have a theory because I lived the whole phase just at different levels, swings between0.00035 to 0.00067 for a couple of weeks because once I started mining vertcoin I was getting about (and still) 25% khs less than other 290x cards on vertcoin so, I started mining other coins like doge to use my 100% capacity,  save some Btc and buy small quantities of vertcoins because i thought prices could drop even more. I mean it was a 2 week old coin and still pretty young now (1 month). 
i think the new miners are living the same phase, they got frustrated trying to find the magic number and they are mining something else, saving btc and expecting VTC to drop more to get in.  The few that know how to mine VTC at full capacity are experiencing some kind of VTC abundance and are selling 50% of what they are mining because they are also scare that prices decrease more also to compensate their Doge/BtC portafolio.
Still I like this mining behavior because it gives plenty of chances for people to get in at different levels(myself included). Don't worry guys after all this BTC/LTC storm passes around prices will skyrocket like it happened to me, I just wish I kept mining VTC intead of alternating with doge and those multipools. 

Good Night Vertans!