It's probably a very bad time to buy. The enormous volume (4000 btc plus in 24 hrs on Cryptsy) suggests a deliberate strategy. High volume and stable low price suggests laundering. A fast and effective way of anonymising BTC by currency hopping. But to work it needs price regulation to avoid the risk of huge swings. So buy up a significant portion of the currency, and let the price settle back to a nice steady progression. Fluctuations can then be controlled with selective buying and dumping.

Eat your heart out Dark Cloak Crypt etc.