Quote from: VenturaBro on March 28, 2018, 12:09:08 PM

Quote from: tdeannova on March 28, 2018, 12:07:56 PM

Quote from: Junglee on March 27, 2018, 08:55:52 AM

Why is it market manipulation if price goes down and then up... Isn't that what markets do?
Because there are a small handful of whales buying or selling large amounts of bitcoin all at once. They do this to move the market one direction or another with the purpose of inducing fomo or panic selling. Then they cash in on stupid/ignorant investors. So the little guy gets hosed again and again.
Obviously, which is why you should only buy dips and only sell after a run. Whales make money tricking others into panic selling for a loss or tricking them to buy after a pump. Basic market psychology.

if the market has been manipulated, how do we overcome and avoid the loss?
so, whether we should only buy dips and only sell after a run?

I don't think there's much we can really do about it if the whales are really manipulating it. Probably just hodl and hope for the best. Not much else comes to mind.

Or wait for the market to become regulated , which people also don't want. So we will have to live with a market manipulated by whales for the time being.