Market Abuse

Spoofing

Definition

What is Spoofing?

Placing orders without genuine intent to execute in order to mislead other market participants.

Example in practice

A trader displays a large fake buy order and cancels it after prices rise.

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A trade or series of trades creating the appearance of activity without a genuine change in beneficial ownership.

A form of manipulation involving multiple deceptive orders at different price levels.

Trading ahead of a known client or market-moving order to benefit from its expected price effect.

Income generated from selling goods or services before expenses are deducted.

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