Ponkap, the market IS rigged. I don't know you, your experience, or whatever, but something I found helpful was to go to stockcharts.com's chart school section and read the section on price theory, random walk, and all that. My point is that price does in fact take into account almost everything, even the manipulation. That is why our TA works. Da Boys are manipulating, but there is also a lot of money and sentiment in the hands of people like you and me, so their manipulation, while powerful, is somewhat limited by other "natural" forces. Da Boys also, while very rich, do have a finite money supply to position in their efforts. This of course is supplemented by the FED open market operations, which you can go and see anytime you like. That's one of the good points about their manipulation: If you know what to look for, they are pretty much telling you what they are doing. Just trying to help.
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