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by KMag 4248 days ago
> front-run the rest of the market.

With apologies to Inigo Montoya, you keep using that phrase. I do not think it means what you think it means.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_running

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> I do not think it means what you think it means.

I think it works. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_running#Other_uses_of_th...

Which of those other usages applies in this case?

The listed other usages consist of: * Trading against a party who is legally required to publish their intent to trade in a security in advance. * Detecting large orders in the market and trading against them. * A financial advisor producing its own report and trading on that information before disclosing it to its clients.