There has always been market manipulation. When you have a lot of people shorting a stock, the price will go down, causing nervous holders of the stock to sell, creating a chain reaction fall in the price. The price of AMC and GME fell today because many online platforms restricted trading to allow only selling of stocks already held. In other words, ordinary investors were not allowed to buy, but hedge funds and large investment houses were.
Isn't the price going up when more people buy just the normal reaction? "Manipulation" would be a computer hack or something to keep the price down.
There has always been market manipulation. When you have a lot of people shorting a stock, the price will go down, causing nervous holders of the stock to sell, creating a chain reaction fall in the price. The price of AMC and GME fell today because many online platforms restricted trading to allow only selling of stocks already held. In other words, ordinary investors were not allowed to buy, but hedge funds and large investment houses were.