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+## market manipulation techniques
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+<br>
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+### tl; dr
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+<br>
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+* market manipulation techniques are designed to deceive investors by artificially controlling or affecting the prices of assets.
+* **wash trading**: investors simultaneoulsy sell and buy the same assets to create misleading activity in the market and confuse retail investors (green candle -> read candle -> green candle -> 🤔)
+* **pump and dump**: tricky investors start spreading misleading information through social media increading buying pressure so they can sell at inflated price.
+* **bear raid**: investors take big short positions and spreadh negativity around assets.
+* **spoofing**: investors place fake orders and cancell them before execution (never rely on a single source of information!)
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+<br>
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+----
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+### resources
+