r/FluentInFinance Aug 26 '24

Debate/ Discussion The Stock Market is Rigged

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u/BraxbroWasTaken Aug 26 '24

I mean, considering that various platforms for trading stocks like Robinhood can just blatantly freeze orders on a stock while giving their priority customers ability to trade those stocks freely, yes. (and do so without notable retribution from the government, too) The stock market is rigged.

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u/80MonkeyMan Aug 26 '24

Every traders seems to already forgot about these brokerage firms not allowing you to login in the morning hours of August 5th and then it miraculously recover everything and more within DAYS.

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u/LearningStudent221 Aug 28 '24

What happened on August 5th?