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Monday's Options Report: NCC, MSFT, COP, IACI, EWH, ZRAN, MFN, HLIT, TXN [View article]
Is it possible that someone could have traded in and out of 1500 and 2500 contracts, respectively, to make it look like they had taken a large negative position? I assume that the reason for this would be to depress the stock price ahead of earnings.
If true, would such action amount to an illegal attempt to manipulate the stock price?