scalping

English

Etymology 1

Verb

scalping

1. present participle and gerund of scalp

Etymology 2

From scalp (noun) +‎ -ing.

Noun

scalping (plural scalpings)

1. The action by which someone is scalped.
2. (finance) A fraudulent form of market manipulation in which a person buys shares immediately before recommending the shares to others, thus driving the price up.
3. (finance) A legitimate method of arbitrage of small price gaps created by the bid-ask spread.

Translations

act of scalping

• Finnish: skalpeeraus (fi)
• Portuguese: escalpelamento m

form of market manipulation

• Finnish: skalpeeraus (fi)

Anagrams

• caplings, clasping, placings