Quote stuffing is flooding a venue with order messages in order to slow the processing of market data for other participants. Its target is the infrastructure rather than the inference other traders draw.
manipulation techniques · updated 2026-09-08
Where does quote stuffing come up?
This term is used in the following manipulation techniques, each explained in full on
its own page.
Quote stuffing— Quote stuffing is flooding a trading venue with order messages in order to slow down the processing of market data, so that competing participants act on prices that are already stale.
See also
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