piggy backing


Piggybacking

The practice in which a broker conducts a transaction on his/her own account after filling a similar order on behalf of a client. For example, if a client sells 10,000 shares and the broker owns some shares in the same company, he may piggyback by selling his own shares. A broker piggybacks when he/she believes that the client has insider information, or at least a better understanding than the broker on the market's future movements. Piggybacking should not be confused with piggy back registration, which is a different concept altogether.

piggy backing

a DISTRIBUTION term used to describe the movement of containers directly from shipboard to rail freight and from rail freight to heavy goods vehicle without unloading the containers' contents. See FREIGHT.