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What Is the Difference between an Exchange’s “Front-Running” Detection and Manipulation Monitoring?

Manipulation monitoring is broad (spoofing, wash trading); front-running detection is specific to profiting from foreknowledge of pending orders.
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What Is the Difference between an Exchange’s “Front-Running” Detection and Manipulation Monitoring?

Manipulation monitoring broadly detects illegal activities like spoofing or wash trading to ensure fair price formation. Front-running detection is a specific type of monitoring focused on preventing traders (or exchange insiders) from unfairly profiting by executing their own trades based on foreknowledge of a pending large customer order, which they obtained through surveillance or privileged information.

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