Trading Ahead Law and Legal Definition
Trading ahead occurs when a specialist trades on his own proprietary account ahead of and instead of matching existing buy and sell orders, thus securing an advantageous price for his own account. [United States v. Finnerty, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72119 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 2, 2006)].
The practice of trading ahead is not permitted by federal civil or criminal law. In the context of criminal prosecutions, the federal courts have held that trading ahead by a broker constitutes the crimes of mail fraud and wire fraud under federal law, since it violates a broker's fiduciary duty to his customers. [Roskind v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., 80 Cal. App. 4th 345 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. 2000)].
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Related Legal Terms
- Accommodation Trading
- Affiliate of a Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity Trading Advisor, Commodity Pool Operator or Introducing Broker
- Alternative Trading System
- Anonymous Trading
- Assured Clear Distance Ahead
- Casual Trading
- Coastal Trading
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Commodity Trading Advisor
- Customer Trading Program
