# Front Running

*Professional & Ethics — Finicade finance glossary*

Front running is trading ahead of a client order you know is coming, capturing the price move that order will cause. It's a breach of duty rather than a use of inside information about the company — the private information is about order flow. The modern version is contested rather than clear-cut: latency arbitrage that detects and races large orders sits in a grey zone that regulators and exchanges are still arguing over.

**Also known as:** frontrunning, trading ahead

**Related terms:** [Insider Trading](https://finicade.com/glossary/insider-trading), [Best Execution](https://finicade.com/glossary/best-execution), [Fiduciary Duty](https://finicade.com/glossary/fiduciary-duty), [Market Manipulation](https://finicade.com/glossary/market-manipulation), [Information Barrier](https://finicade.com/glossary/information-barrier)

Source: https://finicade.com/glossary/front-running