>Shorting GME more than number stocks exist is not market manipulation? No, it's just a risky play (as long as not naked) that can blow up and that's fine. >H

>Shorting GME more than number stocks exist is not market manipulation? No, it's just a risky play (as long as not naked) that can blow up and that's fine. >HFT isn't? No, HFT provides a service, like it or not. You might think the service isnt worth it but it's not market manipulation. >Bailing out greed isn't? That one usually isn't (most bailouts are other private actors' loans) but yes, I guess it can be if it allows actors to make risky plays without having real risk. That said, what WSB is doing here isn't market manipulation either.