# Wash Trading

*Trading & Technical Analysis — Finicade finance glossary*

Wash trading is buying and selling the same asset with yourself to manufacture the appearance of volume. It's prohibited in regulated markets and endemic in unregulated ones: multiple studies have concluded that a large majority of reported volume on some crypto exchanges was fabricated this way, which makes reported liquidity figures for those venues close to meaningless.

**Also known as:** wash trades, matched orders, self-trading

**Related terms:** [Market Manipulation](https://finicade.com/glossary/market-manipulation), [Spoofing](https://finicade.com/glossary/spoofing), [Trading Volume](https://finicade.com/glossary/trading-volume), [Crypto Exchange](https://finicade.com/glossary/crypto-exchange), [Pump and Dump](https://finicade.com/glossary/pump-and-dump)

Source: https://finicade.com/glossary/wash-trading