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	A sandwich attack occurs when an attacker buys an asset before a traders big purchase and sells right after (vice-versa for big sells). The price goes up after a big purchase and the attacker profits from the difference. This is common with AMMs like [[Uniswap]] because of [[Slippage]] and are often executed by [[MEV\|MEV bots]].		Front running, also called a sandwich attack, occurs when an attacker buys an asset before a traders big purchase and sells right after (vice-versa for big sells). The price goes up after a big purchase and the attacker profits from the difference. This is common with AMMs like [[Uniswap]] because of [[Slippage]] and are often executed by [[MEV\|MEV bots]].

	== Front running in traditional finance ==		== Front running in traditional finance ==