Price manipulation?

[derkyerjer]

I can't help but question certain patterns that we all have probably witnessed at some point or another. Most easy to spot would be with lower volume coins obviously.

Often with certain altcoins Ill see trades of measly amounts, even as low as 1 or 2 to drive down the price. Is this a sign of price manipulation? All it would take is a well timed trade to set off a downtrend, especially at price points where the trade price is sensitive due to psychological factors.

So are we witnessing manipulation? With alt coins that I frequently witness these patterns, I notice the price seems to be held below a certain point consistently and it goes through the same price swings like clockwork.

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[babybit2]

There are a lot of pump groups out there that can pick and choose a coin to boost for a short term gain, then once it's dumped it won't see any action for a long while.

[Tehhmm]

Manipulation is rampant, as well as bots that exemplify trends (both down and up).

[virualcashtrade]

As you wrote, it calls exactly. As people filled the order books before sleeping, they do whatever they want. Keep your coins without selling option and do trade when you are on the front of the screen. You will see price will jump extremely...
Think about it: the robots buying up the orders already in the order books, if there is no order to sell, the price getting higher, and the robots buying up constantly on higher and higher prices.....if you have flat currency, check the robot movements and buy in the middle, and keep the coins without selling order. Wait wait....if all do the same in 1 hour the price will be again near 20k$...

[sparg]

Price manipulation can be made with all kind of coins. The difference between a coin with small circulation and a coin with a big volume is the players that manipulate the price. With small coins it ca be easy done by groups of small investors who decide what coin tu pump and dump. This is the biggest risk in investing in small coins. Also this is where you can get the biggest proffit once the project gets of for real reasons. With big coins only big whales can do pumps and this is easy to spot. If you cant read a pump done by a big whale for you will read here on the forum because users will speak about it. Its not a event that can get by easy.

[Mevz]

Many times it happens from the altcoins some whales buy high but dump easily to buy lower price from a coin. When they reach the lowest price for a coin that is the time that they hold when the coin starts to pump and recover or double their profit, they easily buy in a high price to make the coin pump and its their time to dump to bring back their profit.

[cointabo]

Price manipulation is evident in the cryptosphere. Its the wild wild west 

[the-doctor]

There are bots collection coins and then pump them. You can spot them when the buy sell orders move very quickly after your bid and constantly change abonormaly

[dothebeats]

I can't help but question certain patterns that we all have probably witnessed at some point or another. Most easy to spot would be with lower volume coins obviously.

Often with certain altcoins Ill see trades of measly amounts, even as low as 1 or 2 to drive down the price. Is this a sign of price manipulation? All it would take is a well timed trade to set off a downtrend, especially at price points where the trade price is sensitive due to psychological factors.

So are we witnessing manipulation? With alt coins that I frequently witness these patterns, I notice the price seems to be held below a certain point consistently and it goes through the same price swings like clockwork.

You are always seeing price manipulation on different coins, and most of us know that it has been ongoing since the advent of crypto exchanges. Also, manipulation normally happens on low volume coins first to cause some hype and to send signals that something is going to happen on these particular coins. Normally those are the right recipes for a pump and dump, thus manipulation still leads to a more obvious manipulation afterwards.

[LANZ777]

I can't help but question certain patterns that we all have probably witnessed at some point or another. Most easy to spot would be with lower volume coins obviously.

Often with certain altcoins Ill see trades of measly amounts, even as low as 1 or 2 to drive down the price. Is this a sign of price manipulation? All it would take is a well timed trade to set off a downtrend, especially at price points where the trade price is sensitive due to psychological factors.

So are we witnessing manipulation? With alt coins that I frequently witness these patterns, I notice the price seems to be held below a certain point consistently and it goes through the same price swings like clockwork.

Price manipulation is very important also because it is the key for every trader to earn  millions of cash quickly. I witness myself with the life of my brother how he get to be a millionaire to bitcoin because he monitor the price of his coins if he will sell it at the right price for him. I really appreciate how he patiently wait for the increase of his coins. Everything is Under  his monitoring so that he can sell it in a very good price.

[13abyknight]

Price manipulation indeed happens on a very large scale in the cryptocurrency market. While there are a large set of groups working together driving short term pumps on lesser know coins, there are also these programmed bots that do the same throughout the day. Even Bitcoin sometimes falls prey when 'fat whales' manipulate around the margin price.