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Wash trades are a form of market abuse involving fictitious transactions used to give a false impression of price or market activity.
Wash trades are a form of market abuse involving fictitious transactions used to give a false impression of price or market activity.
<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Typical wash trade'''''</span>


:"A typical wash trade involves a purchase and sale of securities that match in price, size and time of execution, and which involves no change in beneficial ownership or transfer of risk."
:"A typical wash trade involves a purchase and sale of securities that match in price, size and time of execution, and which involves no change in beneficial ownership or transfer of risk."
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Revision as of 09:59, 26 February 2020

Conduct risk - financial markets

Wash trades are a form of market abuse involving fictitious transactions used to give a false impression of price or market activity.


Typical wash trade

"A typical wash trade involves a purchase and sale of securities that match in price, size and time of execution, and which involves no change in beneficial ownership or transfer of risk."
The Treasurer magazine, September/October 2017, p36-37 - Gerry Harvey, chief executive of the FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB).


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