just how many lithium stocks did GS pick up at the market...

just how many lithium stocks did GS pick up at the market bottom, thats the games they play.
Manipulation is the art of convincing someone else to part with something you want cheaper, or you dont want at an elevated price so you can also short it.
How many people fell into the trap, of selling because the market crashed, and GS predicted a lower price outlook ? Where the reality is that bringing on new supply is a lot harder than just ticking a box, next to a proposed development.

And then you have stocks like WR1 whose economic advantage make it probable a winner even in a softer price outlook.
Yet fear of the other guy, or the shorter, is what accumulators use to their advantage to rob you out of your equity stake in a investment that many wanted. And received at substantial discounts. It is the emotive weak, that give them the volumes they seek at discount. All you can do, is use their roller coaster to your advantage. Accumulate in the storm that they create. And tell them, yours are not for sale at the fire sale they fueled.