Brokers make money by facilitating trades. They have no incentive in a tightly regulated sector to roll the dice on price moving up or down when they make money either way. I'm unsure who 'brokers' would be borrowing shares off to manipulate price to the degree to roll a profit without losing their license come their audits.
Price is manipulated by the sum total of volume on either side of the order book.
The game is rigged in the sense that human nature is blinded by greed, laziness and a few other behavioral traits we've honed through evolution I'm starting to believe more and more. Those who've mastered these components that exist in all of us have the edge.
WBT Price at posting:
$3.45 Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held
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