{"id":17685,"date":"2025-05-13T12:01:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T12:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/13\/market-maker-manipulation-oops-they-did-it-again\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T12:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T12:01:34","slug":"market-maker-manipulation-oops-they-did-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/13\/market-maker-manipulation-oops-they-did-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Maker Manipulation; Oops, They Did It Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Let\u2019s be honest. Did anyone think a little more than a month ago that the S&P 500 was primed for a 1000-point rebound? I turned bullish at that April 7th bottom a month ago, but I did not see this type of massive recovery so quickly. <\/p>\n

Why does this happen?<\/p>\n

I believe these panicked selloffs occur, because the big Wall Street firms get out prior <\/em><\/strong>to market massacres and they need to get back in. What\u2019s the best way to accumulate shares? To send out your best market influencers (oops, I meant analysts) to drive home the pain and misery that\u2019s coming. I mean, just ask the media outlets. They were the ones responsible for all those terrorizing headlines. And market makers added panic by opening stocks much, much lower from previous days\u2019 closes on many occasions this year.<\/p>\n

Want some evidence?<\/p>\n

Well, let\u2019s go back in time and zero in on the more aggressive QQQ (ETF that tracks the NASDAQ 100):<\/p>\n

At the very bottom, when the most manipulation takes place, we see massive gaps to the downside that create opportunities for Wall Street firms to buy in much, much cheaper as retail traders panic sell into those falling gaps. The massive volume that accompanies capitulation makes it very easy for market makers to buy lots of shares on their own behalf and on behalf of their institutional clients. This institutional buying is reflected by higher prices intraday. Looking at the above chart, the QQQ tumbled 52.46 (476.15-423.69) over 3 trading days. But the total gap downs over those 3 days were 46.26, nearly 90% of the entire 3-day meltdown. This wasn\u2019t a distribution period or a selling event, it was a MARKET MAKER MANIPULATION EVENT.<\/p>\n

Want an even more telling stat? From the March 13th close (467.64) to the Friday, May 9th close (487.97), the QQQ gained roughly 20 bucks. Here\u2019s the breakdown of how the QQQ traded on an intraday basis over this 2-month period:<\/p>\n

Opening gaps: -42.31
\n9:30-10:00: +19.18
\n10:00-11:00: +6.72
\n11:00-2:00: +21.86
\n2:00-4:00: +14.13<\/p>\n

During a period when the QQQ gained roughly 20 bucks, the cumulative opening gaps were -42 bucks. That means that the QQQ saw buying to the tune of 62 bucks during the trading day. Panicked retailers took the market makers\u2019 bait and sold with all the media-related nonsense, while market makers were secretly buying for all their Wall Street colleagues and buddies.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re sitting in cash right now, wondering when to get back in, I can promise you that you\u2019re not alone. This 2025 \u201cmassacre\u201d and \u201cshocking rebound\u201d were planned all along. Wall Street\u2019s rotation into defensive areas of the market had me and many EarningsBeats.com members in cash back in January and early February. They absolutely knew this was coming, but media outlets weren\u2019t telling us back then to get out. They waited for the fear to kick in before posting their ridiculously-bearish headlines over and over and over again \u2013 forcing retail traders to say \u201cUncle!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

This is what I refer to as \u201clegalized thievery.\u201d It\u2019s how our financial system works unfortunately. You either learn how to play defense against it or periodically suffer the consequences. At EarningsBeats.com, we choose the former.<\/p>\n

How To Build A Winning Portfolio<\/h2>\n

Now that the manipulation is in our rear view mirror and the S&P 500 looks to move back into all-time high territory, it\u2019s very important to understand the best way to outperform the benchmark S&P 500. That\u2019s what we strive to do over time and we\u2019ve been very successful at it. This Saturday, May 17th, at 10:00am ET, I\u2019ll be hosting a webinar to show you how to successfully build a portfolio that outperforms over time. One part of this webinar will be dedicated to highlighting the keys to spotting the 2025 cyclical bear market and determining the best time frame to jump back in. We\u2019ve made these calls in real time during 2025, from our MarketVision 2025 event in early January to my Daily Market Reports to EB members to my StockCharts blog articles to my YouTube shows hosted by both EarningsBeats.com and StockCharts.com. It\u2019s extremely important that we learn from difficult periods in the stock market so that we\u2019re better prepared for the next one.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t allow Wall Street to manipulate you. I\u2019m going to show you the best way(s) to avoid it when it occurs again. And it WILL happen again. CLICK HERE<\/a> to learn more, register for our \u201cHow To Build A Winning Portfolio\u201d and save your seat. If you cannot make the event live on Saturday, you\u2019ll receive a recording of the event to listen to at your leisure simply by registering. So register NOW!<\/p>\n

Happy trading!<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s be honest. Did anyone think a little more than a month ago that the S&P 500 was primed for a 1000-point rebound? I turned bullish at that April 7th bottom a month ago, but I did not see this type of massive recovery so quickly. Why does this happen? I believe these panicked selloffs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}