matched order

noun

: one of two orders designed to create artificial activity in the stock market:

a

: an order placed by an individual through one broker to buy usually at an above-market price a number of shares of stock that the individual intends to sell at once at the same price through another broker

b

: the order placed by the individual to sell stock that has been so bought

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