Ramping

Ramping is buying a security in order to raise its price, so that a holder can sell at the higher level. It is manipulative when the buying is done to move the price rather than because the buyer wants the asset.

manipulation techniques · updated 2026-09-20

Where does ramping come up?

This term is used in the following manipulation techniques, each explained in full on its own page.

• Hijacked-account ramping — Hijacked-account ramping is using other people's brokerage accounts, accessed without their consent, to place buy orders that raise the price of a stock the perpetrator already holds, then selling into that price.
• Pump and dump — A pump and dump is a scheme in which shares are accumulated cheaply, promoted with misleading claims to drive the price up, and then sold into the demand the promotion created, leaving later buyers with the loss.

Enforcement actions involving these techniques

See also

• Artificial price — An artificial price is one that does not reflect the genuine forces of supply and demand. Proving artificiality is a required elem…
• Pump and dump — A pump and dump is a scheme in which shares are accumulated cheaply, promoted with misleading enthusiasm to drive the price up, an…

Terms that refer here

Account takeover attack

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