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  2. Bid-ask spread: What it is and how it works - AOL

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    For example, if a stock price has a bid price of $100 and an ask price of $100.05, the bid-ask spread would be $0.05. The spread can also be expressed as a percentage of the ask price, which in ...

  3. Bid–ask spread - Wikipedia

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    The bidask 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 and an immediate purchase for stocks, futures contracts, options, or currency pairs in some auction scenario.

  4. Order book - Wikipedia

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    The highest bid and the lowest ask are referred to as the top of the book. They are interesting because they signal the prevalent market and the bid and ask price that would be needed to get an order fulfilled. The difference between the highest bid and the lowest ask is called the bidask spread.

  5. Market maker - Wikipedia

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    The income of a market maker is the difference between the bid price, the price at which the firm is willing to buy a stock, and the ask price, the price at which the firm is willing to sell it. It is known as the market-maker spread, or bidask spread. Supposing that equal amounts of buy and sell orders arrive and the price never changes ...

  6. What Is the Bid-Ask Spread? - AOL

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    Since buying and selling stock is a key component of investing, it’s important for investors to understand trading terminology — especially the term "bid-ask spread."

  7. Ask a Fool: Volume and the Bid-Ask Spread

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  8. Mid price - Wikipedia

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    In financial markets, the mid-price [1] is the average price between a seller's ask price of a stock or other commodity and the best buyer bid price of that stock or commodity. In some cases, the mid-price will be rounded up or down to the nearest "tick" (the nearest valid tradeable price on the exchange system) for convenience purposes, and ...

  9. Bid price - Wikipedia

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    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 bidask spread. An unsolicited bid or purchase offer is when a person or ...