bear raid
Coordinated price collapse
A bear raid is a coordinated attempt to drive down a stock's price through aggressive short selling and spreading negative information, allowing the raiders to profit from the decline.
The term evokes bears attacking prey, and in market terminology, bears are those who bet on falling prices.
Bear raids were more common before modern securities regulations restricted certain manipulative practices.
Regulators investigated whether the sudden collapse was triggered by a bear raid.
- stock marketSecurities trading venue
- trading floorExchange transaction area
- depreciateLose value over time
- tradingExchanging for value
- coordinatedArranged to work together
manipulation · securities fraud · short selling · naked short · sell-off · bearish · dumping · strategic · motive · investor protection · panic sell · regulatory oversight · intentional · insider trading · trading volume · market makers · stock collapse · stock price