TL;DR

Market tanks, “fake news” magically reverses the crash, chaos ensues. Just another day in the rigged casino of Wall Street.

Story

Another day, another market manipulation scheme. This time, it’s “Black Monday” averted by “fake news.” Sound familiar?

‣ Black Monday: The infamous 1987 stock market crash. Not a fun party.

Here’s the play-by-play: The market tanks. Everyone’s panicking—except the short-sellers who profit from the downturn.‣ Short-selling: Betting a stock’s price will fall. Like renting, then buying low to return it. Then, poof—“news” appears, magically reversing the crash. Turns out, it’s fake. Just like that, chaos reigns. Algorithms go haywire. Traders are left scratching their heads. The market flatlines.

So, whodunit? Some blame the Trump administration, others a “whale”—a big-money player manipulating the market for profit. ‣ Whale: Not the ocean kind. These are individuals or entities with enough capital to make waves in the market.

Remember 2008? The Enron scandal? History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. These market manipulations are like a casino rigged against the average Joe. The house always wins.

This incident reeks of manufactured chaos—a classic pump and dump disguised as news. ‣ Pump and dump: Artificially inflating an asset’s price (pump) before selling high (dump). Think of it as a coordinated market hype fueled by lies.

Who suffers? The small fish—retail investors caught in the crossfire. They get shaken out, lose their savings, while the manipulators walk away richer.

Advice

Don’t believe everything you read (especially market-moving “news”). Diversify, do your research, and remember—the house always wins.

Source

https://www.reddit.com/r/stocks/comments/1jtwc39/pure_market_manipulation/