Front running

Front running
Front running is trading by a broker, on their own account, ahead of processing a client's order that is likely to move prices.

FRONT RUNNING - Entering into an equity trade, options or futures contracts with advance knowledge of a...
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Front Running
A situation that occurs when a securities or commodities trader takes a position in a security in order to take advantage of a large upcoming transaction of which he is aware.

Front Running - The unethical practice of a broker trading an equity based on information from the analyst department before his or her clients have been given the information.

Front Running
Practice whereby a securities or commodities trader takes a position to capitalize on advance knowledge of a large upcoming transaction expected to influence the market price.
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Front Running A term that refers to situations when a manager who has private information about the direction of movement of an asset takes a private position in the asset before purchasing it for the fund.

Front Running
Making a practice, directly or indirectly, of taking the opposite side of the market to clients, or effecting a trade for the advisor's own account prior to effecting a trade for a client.
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Front running
Entering into options or futures contracts with advance knowledge of a block transaction that will influence the price of the underlying security to capitalize on the trade. This practice is expressly forbidden by the SEC.

Front Running - Attempting to buy or sell securities ahead of an anticipated reaction to news or publicity.

Front running
Used in the context of general equities. Entering into option or futures contracts with advance knowledge of a block transaction that will influence the price of the underlying security to capitalize on the trade.

An investment bank trader may also be tempted to undertake front running, this is the practice of ordering securities before the clients orders and therefore affecting the stock market, ...

See also: Agent, Broker-Dealer, Exchange, Execution, Front Running, Order, Principal
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Critics of the practice contend this creates a two-tiered market in which a certain class of traders can unfairly exploit others, akin to front running.

Refers to revenue generating sales personnel in a brokerage, insurance, or other financial services operation.
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a specialist offers the seller a penny over the bid and makes the difference between that price and the offer price, which may be several pennies higher. Penny jumping is controversial because it is similar to the illegal practice of Front Running.

front running An illegal activity in which a trader takes a position in an equity in advance... front-end load A sales charge paid when an individual buys an investment, such as a mutual...

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