If you have spent any amount of time on social media, YouTube or online message boards, then I\u2019m at a 97.8% confidence level you\u2019ve heard \u201cstock manipulation\u201d used as the reasoning for some kind of event. Usually this event involves the person making the claim having lost money or not making as much money as they could have. The reasoning comes in various forms, but the most often used culprits are those evil hedge funds. The (true) problem with stock manipulation accusations is it doesn\u2019t solve the actual issue the particular trader is facing. What do I mean? Well let\u2019s take a look at a stock that have entered into the news and are now causing the alarm bells of stock manipulation to ring out!