Since it's so quiet, I suppose I can post something that's been on my mind for a while and that might cause a bit of a stir. Is it possible to make some good money during the holiday period by mmanipulating market prices? What I mean is, for e.g. buying call options or some similar highly geared instrument, then artificially pushing up the price of the underlying security by buying it up during the quiet period when less money would be needed to do so. In my mind, this strategy seems like a real winner (although it doesn't feel ethical and may not be legal), but I've never really considered how much downside risk there is. Any thoughts, comments, opinions...? if you have time to waste, that is.
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