Modeling Large-Scale Manipulation in Open Stock Markets

Carter Yagemann, Simon Pak Ho Chung, Erkam Uzun, Sai Ragam, Brendan Saltaformaggio, Wenke Lee

Abstract: This article studies the feasibility of using a botnet to automate stock market manipulation, incorporating data from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission case files, security surveys of online retail brokerage accounts, and dark web marketplace listings.