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What is Layering?
Placing several orders at multiple prices to create a false impression of supply or demand, with the intent to cancel them. A form of spoofing; illegal.
In context
4. Manipulative orders. Spoofing and layering are orders placed with the intent to cancel before execution. They are illegal in US markets, but from the outside proving intent is practically impossible.
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