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Re:SoftBank unmasked as ‘Nasdaq whale’ that stoked tech rally by alextheparrot on Friday September 04, 2020 @01:16PM (#24376881)
It depends on the context? Wash trades, for example, use only basic primitives but are regulated and we have seen SEC action over them.
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Re:SoftBank unmasked as ‘Nasdaq whale’ that stoked tech rally by edoceo on Friday September 04, 2020 @03:23PM (#24378075)
Wash Trades: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wash_trade

"investor simultaneously sells and buys the same financial instruments to create misleading, artificial activity"

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