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Bid and Ask On an exchange, the difference between the highest price a buyer of a security or other asset is willing to pay (the bid) and the lowest price at which a seller is willing to sell (the ask). Generally speaking, the more liquid an asset is, the less difference there is between the bid and the ask. As a result, currency, which is considered the most liquid asset, has an extremely low difference. Bid and ask is more commonly known as the bid-ask spread. Bid and ask. Bid and ask is better known as a quotation or quote. Bid is the price a market maker or broker offers to pay for a security, and ask is the price at which a market maker or dealer offers to sell. The difference between the two prices is called the spread. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Bid/ask spreads will melt away as bidders offer to buy close to the prices that are being asked by sellers. There are two types of messages that QuoteXpress can deliver: standard quotes and bid/ask quotes. Four of those were over $33 million, which is a bid/ask spread of about 6 percent. |
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