# Front running
The practice in malicious [market making](market-maker.md) of dealing on advance [asymmetric information](asymmetric-information.md) provided by their brokers and investment analysts before their clients have been given the information.

Front running is illegal in the United States when trading [securities](security.md).

See also [broker](broker.md), [asymmetric information](asymmetric-information.md), [market manipulation](market-manipulation.md) and [price-formation](price formation.md).

## References
1. Aldridge, Irene. High-frequency trading: a practical guide to algorithmic strategies and trading systems. Vol. 604. John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
1. Akerlof, George A. "The market for “lemons”: Quality uncertainty and the market mechanism." In Uncertainty in economics, pp. 235-251. Academic Press, 1978.