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[Wayne R]

A reply I made to the guy posting about bear raids. Not sure they will like the flipside;

There is also this thought;

Bull Raid

A bull raid is an attempt by traders to drive up the price of a security by heavy buying. The buying may be accompanied by the spreading of (positive) rumours. Once the price rises, the traders can then sell positions for large profits.
Once they have sold off enough, they then wait for the price to drop in panic selling and rebuy with their profits and start the process again.

A bull raid is usually carried out by a group of traders working together - a single trader is unlikely to be able to buy enough to drive the price up. Even if a single trader could force the price up, the manipulation is likely to be more apparent to regulators who could trace the buying to a single source. Bull raids are (obviously) a form of market manipulation and illegal in most of the world.


I think the SEC has cases against more bull raiders per year than bear raiders. Just a thought.