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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