Finance and Funds

Market timing

0530-en RE430 Financial Market Law As of 11.07.2026


Market timing refers to active short-term share trading. The exploitation of information which becomes available after prices have been fixed breaches the trader’s duty of allegiance (i.e. harms the investor).

Deutsch

Market Timing 0530-de

Unter Market Timing versteht man den kurzfristigen, aktiven Anteilshandel. Dieses Ausnutzen von Informationen nach Preisfestlegungszeitpunkt führt zu einem Verstoss gegen die Treuepflicht (Schädigung der verbleibenden Anleger).

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Market timing (0530-en), in: LAWPEDIA®-Glossar, provided by LAWCONSULT AG, www.lawconsult.ch/lawpedia/en/market-timing, as of: 11.07.2026 [accessed on ].

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