is market speculation illegal 
market speculation is legal but per regulatory bodies if speculation causes sudden or unreasonable fluctuations or unwarranted changes in the price then limits on speculative trading may be placed by the regulatory body the bottom linespeculators seek to make profits in a short time frame by taking on high levels of risk they stand in contrast to investors who take a more methodical approach to making profits in the markets over a longer period of time while speculators can be profitable their bets can go against them resulting in losses 