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Flipper

An investor or trader who flips stocks. This involves buying shares, usually in an initial public offering (IPO), and selling...

Front Running

A trading irregularity where traders on the floor of an exchange illegally use information available at their disposal about their...

Flight To Quality

A market phenomenon that reflects the flow of funds from riskier investments to safer ones. Flight to quality occurs when...

Flash Order

An order (buy or sell order) that flashes (shows) information from an exchange about incoming flow a fraction of a...

Front Ending

The practice whereby a dealer positions a part of a customer block order in a proprietary account to use its...

Flash Trade

A trade (buy or sell order) that flashes information from an exchange about incoming orders a fraction of a second...

Fourth Market

The market for securities where institutional investors trade directly among themselves without going through exchanges or resorting to the services...

Forced Quotation

A quote that is made solely for the purpose of creating fictitious trading activities. It is a type of market abuse/...

Fictitious Quotation

A quote that is made solely for the purpose of creating fictitious trading activities. It is a type of market abuse/...

Flipping

Another way of saying "buying, and then selling". Flipping involves buying shares, usually in an initial public offering (IPO), and selling them immediately...