Any manipulated market regardless of who manipulates it eventually returns to free market forces. Timing is more important in such markets. In such markets it is madatory to eliminate the effect of "bad timing" meaning that trades should be skewed away from the requirement of having to have exact timing in reversals.

In such markets it is a 90% chance of a losing trade by buying the top 1/3rd of a trading range or selling the bottom 1/3 of a trading range. Momentum trades only beyond any existing trading range. It's not what makes money but a study of what causes big losses in poor entry - that we must stay away from (poor entry )- in our trading, especially in manipulated markets!