u/therealoptimoose ·
Reddit — r/wallstreetbets
· May 10, 2026 at 09:10
· ⬆ 65 pts
· 💬 51 comments
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The post alleges that WSJ released a half-baked report on a Friday afternoon to manipulate INTC options expiration, causing a massive spike in calls.
The author questions why the stock rose on news already priced in from Tuesday, suggesting bots and media manipulation are driving price action.
Quality assessment: This is speculative noise with a conspiratorial tone, lacking fundamental analysis or actionable data beyond a critique of market behavior.
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How come nobody talks about the obvious market manipulation pulled off by WSJ?
How else can you call a half baked report coming on a Friday, just 3 hours before market close when all options would’ve expired worthless?
My second question is why did the stock climb so much on a news that was already priced in since Tuesday’s report from Bloomberg. This wasn’t even a confirmation or some other big improvement to the first news. It is basically the same news in other words. They don’t even know which Apple products would be using INTC chips. Is it due to the bots interpreting this as positive news? If so, seems like “the press” has the most power over the stock market in those times.
**120$ Calls** went from 0.3 to 7 in an instant. That’s like 20x in 3 hours.