At least one exchange that I know of was front-running me.
I'm not saying which exchange it was as I don't want to get trouble for outing them - but it was definitely going on.
I tested this by putting in orders at times of low activity (i.e. nothing for minutes, then I'd place an order, and the best offers would be taken up by a "bid" that came in ahead of me. This could happen in theory but when it's happening as the order is received there's no realistic chance of it being anything else).
At least one exchange that I know of was front-running me.
I'm not saying which exchange it was as I don't want to get trouble for outing them - but it was definitely going on.
I tested this by putting in orders at times of low activity (i.e. nothing for minutes, then I'd place an order, and the best offers would be taken up by a "bid" that came in ahead of me. This could happen in theory but when it's happening as the order is received there's no realistic chance of it being anything else).