Hi Sveckar > Your question is indeed clear enough for me to understand the point you are making.
My answer to your question is that it really depends upon the number of price spikes that are affecting a particular price pattern or formation. For example, a price spike of just one or two bars which penetrate a given support or resistance area at the edge of a formation & then quickly returns back within the original formation particularly at precise high or low points in that given formation, is most often a BIG MONEY or WHALE price manipulation designed to catch the stop losses of unaware "sucker" or small retail level traders or else it is a TRICK FAKEOUT BREAKOUT TRADE designed to trap "suckers" into making "wrong way" trades. The BIG MONEY WHALES are well financed proprietary traders who usually work for very large financial institutions. They are so well financed that they can control the markets on a short term basis. When the number of price spikes greatly exceeds just one or two bars, then indeed the validity of the entire pattern or formation is called into question.
I recommend keeping a file folder on your computer to store screenshots of these type of occurrences when you do come across them so you can refer back to them periodically for guidance when needed. Then as your historical record & experience level builds, you will be able to quickly tell which are most likely just manipulation & which are just the result of a directionless & aimless market. If the formation is indeed "sloppy" & directionless, then most likely it is not manipulation. Hope this helps to clear up this matter for you. Cheerio.