SEBI has surveillance measures in place to catch any irrational spikes happening in the securities.
In Hindustan Copper's case, for instance, SEBI in its order shared that the average trading volume went from 23 options/minute before the recommendation to 242 contracts/minute in the 2-minutes after the recommendation, before stabling out at around 70/minute for the next 15 minutes.
If there is someone profiting out of this spike in this short a time period, it's not difficult to identify them! Th…