bucket shop
bucket shop 〈美〉(俗)(利用客户资金进行证券或商品买空卖空的)投机性经纪公司；(利用行情涨落进行渔利的)野鸡证券交易所；非法交易所 一种违法的经纪公司，此类公司接受客户向其发出的买进或卖出的委托指令，但不按照证券交易委员会管理规则的要求立即执行委托指令。经纪人通常同意客户所要求的交易价格，但实际上直到对经纪人有利的时机出现时才进行交易，其利润来自两笔交易价格之差。通常这类公司置客户的委托指令于不顾，只求自己获利而进行交易。
BUCKET SHOP
bucket shop
bucket shop. Securities. An establishment that is nominally engaged in stock-exchange transactions or some similar business, but in fact engages in registering bets or wagers, usu. for small amounts, on the rise or fall of the prices of stocks and commodities. • A bucket shop uses the terms and outward forms of the exchanges, but