That's not manipulation, that's a market maker. Don't buy from him and don't sell to him! it's that simple, if you want to buy, put a bid in with the market maker and likewise if you want to sell, put the offer with him and wait for some other fool to do the buying & selling... that way, any profits the market maker would've made from the spread will go to you instead :) Of course if everyone did this, we wouldn't have a market in the first place, because everyone would be waiting for someone else to initiate the transaction.
People by nature are impatient, and hence end up initiating transactions with the market maker.
WTP Price at posting:
58.5¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held
