Well what can I say. Here's the thing, some stocks I own and have a solid understanding of like $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ $Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ $SoFi Technologies Inc.(SOFI)$ and $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ are all subjects of constant bullshit. Analysts love to point out how great the stocks are one week and how terrible they are the next. Unfortunately the stock market is becoming more and more fraught with utter nonsense.
Of course you don't have to look very deep to see the likes of ARKK selling one day, and buying the next as they play the market forcing stocks lower or higher with orders of 100 shares at a decreasing Or increasing price, then placing a 1.8k buy or sell order once the price reaches their target.
So what can retail investors do? Well just ignore daily fluctuations is one option, don't get sucked in an sell on lows or buy on highs. Or set a buy or sell order 1 cent shy of those 1.8k orders, and basically play their game.
Interestingly, leap options often don't tend to follow this manipulation to the same extent, so this does support my thesis to some extent. As I speak, $Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(RKLB)$ For example is still expected to be worth round $30 per share a year from now and is currently trading around $24 per share. i Know that's a very speculative argument, but an argument nonetheless.
Another Important consideration in current times to think on is this. These worms with their billions of dollars to play with can easily drive down small caps by $3 in a day. So I think in this environment it's not a great idea to trade with a lot of margin because the risk of a margin call is greater. You really don't want to be in the position where the greedy giants make money off you loosing money because you were forced to sell.
Just play it safe my fellow retail tigers, don't let the wancers of Wall Street out smart you.
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yes i have noticed often the 100 dollar orders and then a 1.8k order/ so if we dont put an order for one cent shy of 1.8k.. then how do we play their game for our advantage??