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Manipulation of a Market

(1) A market corner followed by a short squeeze. (2) Buying or selling to establish a trend and then reversing the position to trade against the trend. The latter form of manipulation cannot be successful without fraud or major market inefficiencies.

Find out what the regulators are doing to reduce unethical practices in "Key Risk Concepts: Market Integrity."

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