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• PAINTING THE TAPE
  
  Refers to activities which give the impression of increased volume and/or price changes. Sometimes this action is motivated by a party or parties to have a specific price occur at the end of the trading session in order to influence that instrument's valuation for mark-to-market purposes.
  
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