Question

The NASAA Statement of Policy on Dishonest or Unethical Business Practices of Broker-Dealers and Agents includes prohibitions against certain practices designed to manipulate market prices of securities. An activity that would fall within the spectrum of the prohibitions would be A) front running B) wash trades C) guaranteeing customers against loss D) churning customer accounts

Answer 1

Answer:

B) wash trades

Explanation:

In the case when the wash trades are performed so it consists the simultaneous or near-simultaneous i.e. selling and the repurchase of the similar security for the motive of producing the trading activity due to which price rise. This is the form of how the market manipulates. The other options i.e. given in the question is not considered the market manipulation

Therefore the option B is correct