Spoofing

Spoofing is a form of market manipulation, resp. scam, in which a market participant places a large buy or sell order with no intention of executing it. By doing so he or she creates an artificial impression of high or low demand for a traded asset and thus oftentimes induces price changes.

Spoofing (Wikipedia)

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Spoof, spoofs, spoofer, or spoofing may refer to:

• Forgery of goods or documents
• Semen, in Australian slang
• Spoof (game), a guessing game
• Spoofing (finance), a disruptive algorithmic-trading tactic designed to manipulate markets