My views on Manipulation in the market.
Yes! it is there but larger the Market, larger the Time Frame of trade, less is the chance manipulation can harm your trading. I personally don't care for it as this is part of trading business.
While i was reading book on Jesse Livermore and also interviews of Demark i noticed one thing very clear, it is more difficult to trade for FIIs, DIIs, or those big boys with big pockets.
Let's take one example. If i have to buy 100k contracts of NIFTY my buying in any dull day or buying day would adversely affect my average Buy price. So i would choose to either buy my positions in 3-4 days or i would buy when selling is at it's peak using Demark indicators.
Now that i have 100k contracts with me i am trapped if market does not move in my expected direction as my loss booking would affect adversely my average Sell price, leading to losses with other costs. Also, i can not offload my positions in a hurry.
This was the reason why DeMark was given a huge fund to design indicators for his trading institution with big pockets.