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In fact the Wednesday bump could have precipitated today's correction as traders looking for a nice sale price window found one.

I would put this as part of the larger crunch in the AI trade that started just before earnings season as people digest what margin compression in traditional revenues for the big tech companies means going forward. Just with bigger swings because of the election.

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> In fact the Wednesday bump could have precipitated today's correction as traders looking for a nice sale price window found one.

How do you manipulate the market like that and not get caught?

That's not market manipulation. That's thinking "There's going to be a crash in the next couple of months, if it goes up to $x then I'll take the profits and cash out"

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