It doesn’t matter what products are being used, whether real or fake, if the underlying mkt cannot function, due to blatant manipulation.
Todays action in Gold is a perfect example on the hrly chart. Clear break out above a sizable base, was stopped dead and reversed back into the previous range, despite all the news being very bullish.
No real mkt does this. Why ???? Because the last thing the Fed wants is Gold going back above $ 1300, the Dow down 500 and counting, while Italy falls apart.