Earn Your Leisure Is the STOCK MARKET Being Manipulated?
Mar 30, 2026
Discussion of alleged intentional market manipulation and coordinated trades that may prop prices. Examination of large S&P futures moves and timing around major announcements. Conversation about private credit access, forced shorting dynamics, and how volatility creates trading opportunities.
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Blatant Futures Moves Suggest Market Rigging
- The market is rigged to stay up and recent futures moves show unusually blatant manipulation.
- Ian Dunlap and Rashad Bilal point to a $1.5B S&P futures move and an alleged $192M short as examples of coordinated intervention.
Divergent Institutional Signals Reveal Information Gaps
- Institutional players showed divergent signals around the same events, indicating different access or beliefs about volatility.
- A large short positioned before an announcement flipped when cronies allegedly pushed the market up minutes later at 7:04 a.m.
Morning Short Then Market Ride Up
- Rashad Bilal recounts a specific morning when a big short was placed and the market was then propped up to prevent selling pressure.
- He describes a 80–90 point S&P futures swing and traders riding the market up to stop an onslaught.