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Holding the market

The Activity of placing and/or maintaining Buy orders to create price Support for a commodity or security in a downward Trend. The Activity is usually illegal, except in certain circumstances, such as when the SEC has given approval to an Underwriter to hold the Market in a New issue.

Related Terms: 19 Activity, Buy, Buy order, Dow, ECU, Legal, Leg, Market, New issue, Order, Own, PPO, SEC, Sue, Support, Trend, Underwriter, Write, Writer
Other Related Pages: Category: Trading Starting With: H
Additional Related Terms: 10-K, Allowance for depreciation, Accrual of discount, Accrued market discount, Agency security, Amortization of premium, Asked price, Asking price, Asset-backed security, At par