"One person can easily create the illusion of widespread interest in a small, thinly traded stock by posting numerous messages under various aliases," the alert says. Investors are not allowed to misrepresent themselves in order to move stock prices, though it's not clear whether the use of bots is itself illegal.Īn alert on, the SEC's education page, warns individuals against buying stocks solely based on recommendations on discussion boards. The SEC's statement said nothing about bots and did not name Reddit or WallStreetBets. On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission said it was monitoring the "extreme price volatility of certain stocks' trading prices over the past several days" and that the regulator would "act to protect retail investors when the facts demonstrate abusive or manipulative trading activity that is prohibited by the federal securities laws." An example of a post that was recently flagged by WallStreetBets moderators who are concerned about a rising amount of bot activity in its popular Reddit discussion group.
But on Twitter and elsewhere, bot-programmers have been known to post the same message numerous times from multiple fake accounts in order to amplify their message. It's not exactly clear what information the bots are posting on WallStreetBets.
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