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Fast market

A period of extreme volatility on the stock market when trading volumes are very high and prices are changing rapidly. This frenetic trading can significantly delay the execution time for trades and lead to orders being executed at different prices to those at the time when the orders were entered. The term fast market can refer to a group of securities or entire marketplace following a natural disaster, a popular initial public offering or an unexpected negative earnings report.

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