There is nothing new under the sun: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reminiscences_of_a_Stock_Operator" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reminiscences_of_a_Stock_Ope...</a>
This is some great fiction but, despite some factual flaws this modern day Jesse Livermore need only remember the original died broke blowing his brains out.
Reading this I'm struck by a bit of sadness that this kind of market manipulation is the way some obviously not-entirely-dumb people choose to use their time. But I guess manipulation of a market for personal gain isn't too terribly different from manipulation of people's emotions via reality TV in order to sell ads.