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system
if i buy a share from myself at a higher price, will that drive the price up so i can sell all my shares the higher price?
user
yes it is possible but with a caveat.  it is a pattern that can be observed in many lightly traded stocks that usually have a small market cap.  i am talking about a stock that trades less than 2,000 shares per day on average.
assistant