wash trades

A form of wash trade — A trade in which someone simultaneously sells and buys (from themselves) the same financial instruments, to create misleading, artificial activity in the market (especially to make the instruments appear to be frequently traded and in demand).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of wash trade
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