spoofing
- noun
- /ˈspuːfɪŋ/
- Specialized
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spoofing
- Market analysts warn that spoofing can lead to significant price volatility, as investors may react to the false signals generated by cancelled orders.
- spoofing practice
Examples
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After realizing this fundamental design error, the idea of a "posture spoofing attack" was born, and research started with evaluating different attack vectors for their feasibility.
Blog text (11) -
One useful example from the IGE narrative concerns "spoofing," the practice of a representative of a state impersonating another state or its IP addresses and thereby feigning identity and sometimes its location.
Academic text (2017) -
The financial regulator is investigating several cases of spoofing where traders placed large orders only to cancel them quickly, creating a false sense of market demand.
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In spoofing, a trader creates an illusion of activity by submitting orders that they have no intention of executing, misleading other market participants.
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Etymology
In finance, spoofing also comes from the slang spoof, meaning to 'trick'; traders 'spoof' the market by placing fake orders to give a false picture of demand. So financial spoofing means putting in and quickly canceling orders to trick other traders.