Question

"You are in the middle of a discussion with an institutional client over the phone, where you recommend that the client buy 100,000 shares of ABC stock. It looks like the client may be interested in making the purchase. Your cubicle is within earshot of the neighboring cubicle. Just before your client tells you take the order to buy, you overhear your colleague, the representative in the neighboring cubicle, selling 10,000 shares of ABC stock to his client. Which statement is TRUE about this situation?"

Answer 1

The colleague has committed a violation because your customer's order could move the price of ABC stock

Step-by-step explanation:

Front running is also called tailgating. It is a prohibited practice where a trader enters into a position security based on non-public information about a large trade that will influence the price of the security.

The trade is initiated to take advantage of the new price that the large trade will cause. The position is entered before the large trade occurs.

In this scenario your neighbour heard you telling your client to but 100,000 share of ABC. Because the transaction will influence the market he also tells his client to buy 10,000.

This is tailgating and it is a violation.