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02/10/09 6:26 PM

#58145 RE: mm107 #58132

you call it "wash trading"

I like to call it the "RegSHO shuffle". But that's me. lol
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02/10/09 7:13 PM

#58162 RE: mm107 #58132

Wash Trading

What Does Wash Trading Mean?

An illegal stock trading practice where an investor simultaneously buys and sells shares in a company through two different brokers.

Investopedia explains Wash Trading

This increases the activity in the stock and gives the impression that "big news" is about to come out.


http://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/washtrading.asp

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