bucketing
- A broker's act of taking the opposite side of a customer's order in their own account or an account in which they have an interest, without the order being competitively executed on an exchange
- Investigation revealed the broker was bucketing, taking the opposite position of his client's trades.
- Bucketing, a prohibited practice, was discovered during the audit of the brokerage firm.
- Accused of bucketing, the broker faced disciplinary action by the regulatory authority.
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