Front-running usually refers to a fairly specific scenario in which a brokerage or fiduciary executes orders as principal prior to dealing on behalf of their cl

Front-running usually refers to a fairly specific scenario in which a brokerage or fiduciary executes orders as principal prior to dealing on behalf of their client so as to benefit from a market movement they anticipate will be caused by the client's orders. This is categorically not what HFT firms are doing.