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2. How to read a stock quote page: Learn the basics - AOL

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   Bid and ask. The bid price is the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for the stock. The ask price is the lowest price a seller is willing to accept. ... all of which can help you determine ...

3. Bid–ask spread - Wikipedia

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   The bid–ask spread (also bid–offer or bid/ask and buy/sell in the case of a market maker) is the difference between the prices quoted (either by a single market maker or in a limit order book) for an immediate sale (ask) and an immediate purchase (bid) for stocks, futures contracts, options, or currency pairs in some auction scenario.

4. Market maker - Wikipedia

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   e. A market maker or liquidity provider is a company or an individual that quotes both a buy and a sell price in a tradable asset held in inventory, hoping to make a profit on the difference, which is called the bid–ask spread or turn.[1] This stabilizes the market, reducing price variation (volatility) by setting a trading price range for ...

5. Financial quote - Wikipedia

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   Financial quote. A financial quotation refers to specific market data relating to a security or commodity. While the term quote specifically refers to the bid price or ask price of an instrument, it may be more generically used to relate to the last price which this security traded at ("last sale"). [1] This may refer to both exchange-traded ...

6. Stock market - Wikipedia

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   The NASDAQ is an electronic exchange, where all of the trading is done over a computer network. The process is similar to the New York Stock Exchange. One or more NASDAQ market makers will always provide a bid and ask the price at which they will always purchase or sell 'their' stock.

7. Bid price - Wikipedia

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   Bid price. A bid price is the highest price that a buyer (i.e., bidder) is willing to pay for some goods. It is usually referred to simply as the "bid". In bid and ask, the bid price stands in contrast to the ask price or "offer", and the difference between the two is called the bid–ask spread. An unsolicited bid or purchase offer is when a ...

8. Ask price - Wikipedia

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   Ask price. Ask price, also called offer price, offer, asking price, or simply ask, is the price a seller states they will accept. [1] The seller may qualify the stated asking price as firm or negotiable. Firm means the seller is implying that the price is fixed and will not change. In bid and ask, the term ask price is used in contrast to the ...

9. 24-hour stock trading: Here are the brokers with overnight ...

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   Fewer traders are trading a narrower range of stocks, meaning the market lacks a lot of depth. You may not be able to buy and sell at all, and the bid-ask spread will likely be wider than in the ...