Talk:Front running

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Cause of price change misdescribed

Latest comment: 16 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The description of the mechanism of front running is misleading. The price change comes from the larger, later trade, not from the smaller, prior trade by the broker. The broker "piggybacks" on the larger trade. He cannot piggyback on himself! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.226.59.202 (talk) 04:18, 3 November 2008

This confusion is why it is helpful to have sources (which the original author did not offer.) Please suggest some. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 11:03, 3 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Incorrect use of the language by Michael Lewis

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Front-running is a well-defined regulatory term, and is currently well-represented by the definition at the start of this article. The term "front running" is abused in a book by Michael Lewis, "Flash Boys". There's a pattern of people who have no knowledge of the industry reading "Flash Boys", and then coming to wikipedia to spread the misuse of this phrase. I'd recommend we delete the section talking about "other uses" of front-running so that it comes back to the basic definition, to further discourage this. Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8B0:BF58:3427:8E70:5AFF:FE7F:62C8 (talk) 18:00, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

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