I feel curious about this topic. A lot of people know about "inside trading", but is it the same as manipulating the stock/equity market? How does someone do this?
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Insider trading, I think, is a specific type of securities fraud. Manipulation is probably a wider range that encompasses different tactics one could use to get an upper hand. I'm not a lawyer, but law is all semantics, rule definitions, evidence of the event that took place, and the type of punishment that the law permits to be applied to what's found during proceedings. So, I'm sure it comes down to interpretation of the rules and what events actually take place on what results in any illegal activity.
TL;DR, don't do either.
You manipulate it by owning an exchange and "co-locating" High Freq. fuarks close as possible to your market making machines. Then KA-CHING!!! You're rolling in the dough! #FlashBoys #MichaelCLewisCrew
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