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scalping

noun C2
  1. The action by which someone is scalped.
  2. A fraudulent form of market manipulation in which a person buys shares immediately before recommending the shares to others, thus driving the price up.
  3. A legitimate method of arbitrage of small price gaps created by the bid-ask spread.

Plural scalpings

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