Talking Stocks: Online "Stock Gods" Are Untrustworthy

Why are the claims of the online “Stock God” that they can make guaranteed profits self-contradictory?

Recently, the chaos of self-media stock recommendations has attracted widespread market attention. The online “Stock God” goes “preach and teach,” but their true intention is not about sharing knowledge; it’s simply targeting investors’ wallets. Investors should stay alert and not blindly trust illegal stock recommendations.

The operation of the capital market follows its own rules; stock prices fluctuate due to multiple factors. There has never been an investment method that can predict accurately and guarantee profits—this is basic market common sense. The so-called online “Stock Gods” claiming guaranteed profits are fundamentally violating market principles.

Moreover, most online “Stock Gods” lack legitimate securities investment consulting qualifications; they are unlicensed and illegal in recommending stocks. Their tactics are nothing new—merely exploiting some investors’ desire for quick gains and shortcuts, pretending to be investment experts to deceive investors into handing over their money.

These “Stock Gods” often post various seemingly precise market judgments and profit cases on social media platforms and short video channels, fabricating returns to gain investors’ trust. Once investors relax their vigilance, they begin charging membership fees, consultation fees, service charges, or induce participation in other illegal investment projects, gradually siphoning off their funds.

Some so-called stock recommendations from “Stock Gods” are just random stock picks, betting on market rises or falls. If they guess right, they boast about their “precise predictions”; if they guess wrong, they stay silent, using probabilistic games to deceive inexperienced investors.

In fact, identifying these online “Stock Gods” scams does not require advanced financial expertise; simple logical reasoning is enough to see through them. If these individuals truly had consistent profitable trading skills and could easily earn high returns in the stock market, there would be no need to spend so much effort recruiting clients online and collecting small fees. This itself is the most obvious logical contradiction.

Some “Stock Gods” use more covert tactics—they do not directly ask for fees. Instead, after gaining investors’ trust, they persuade them to buy specific stocks at certain times, either to facilitate “front-running” or to make investors buy at high prices, which is a typical “pig butchering” scheme.

For ordinary investors, the key to preventing illegal stock recommendation traps is to establish rational investment awareness and reject speculative and luck-based mentalities. Stock investing inherently involves risks; returns and risks always go hand in hand. There is no shortcut to guaranteed high returns, and any investment advice claiming guaranteed profits is a hidden trap for unwary investors.

When facing various stock recommendation information online, investors should first verify whether the source has relevant securities investment consulting qualifications. They should resolutely avoid recommendations from unqualified individuals and self-media accounts.

To curb the chaos of online stock recommendations, authorities and online platforms must enforce strict legal investigations. Authorities should continue to intensify crackdowns on illegal stock recommendations, severely punish related violations, increase the cost of illegal activities, and reduce the space for illegal recommendations. Platforms should fulfill their responsibilities by strengthening content review and moderation, promptly removing illegal stock recommendation information, banning violating accounts, and blocking channels for false information spread.

The capital market is always a place for rational investors; the scams of online “Stock Gods” cannot withstand logical scrutiny. Investors must maintain their rational bottom line, recognize the true nature of illegal stock recommendations, and never fall into the traps carefully designed by online “Stock Gods.”

Commentator Zhou Kejing, Beijing Business Daily