ask and bid price

  • 11Bid-Ask Spread — The amount by which the ask price exceeds the bid. This is essentially the difference in price between the highest price that a buyer is willing to pay for an asset and the lowest price for which a seller is willing to sell it. For example, if… …

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  • 12bid — An offer by an intending purchaser to pay a designated price for property which is about to be sold at auction. An offer to perform a contract for work and labor or supplying materials or goods at a specified price. Public contracts are… …

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  • 13bid — An offer by an intending purchaser to pay a designated price for property which is about to be sold at auction. An offer to perform a contract for work and labor or supplying materials or goods at a specified price. Public contracts are… …

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  • 14Bid-Ask Quote —    A two way price comprises a bid, or the price at which a dealer is willing to buy, and an ask (or offer) at which a dealer is willing to sell. The bid, by definition, is always below the ask and is always the first quoted price. The difference …

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  • 15Bid Size — The number of shares being offered for purchase at a specified bid price, that a buyer is willing to purchase at that bid price. For example, if an investor wants to buy 200 shares of Company ABC at $10 per share, the bid size is 200 shares. A… …

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  • 16bid — Synonyms and related words: adjuration, advance, appeal, approach, ask, asking price, assay, attempt, bargain, bargain price, beat down, beseechment, bid for, bid in, bid price, bid up, biddance, bidding, call, call on, call the signals, call… …

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  • 17Bid Tick — An indication of whether the latest bid price is higher, lower or the same as the previous bid. Bid ticks track movements of bid prices in an open market for all placed bid offers, giving real time information to traders and market participants… …

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  • 18bid — bid1 bidder, n. /bid/, v., bade or (Archaic) bad for 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 or bid for 3, 4, 7, 9, 10; bidden or bid for 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 or bid for 3, 4, 7, 9; …

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  • 19bid/ask spread — The price difference between the bid and offer price. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary The difference between the price at which a Market Maker is willing to buy a security ( bid), and the price at which the firm is willing to sell it ( ask) …

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  • 20bid-ask spread — /ˈbɪd ask sprɛd/ (say bid ahsk spred) noun (in the share market) the difference between the price buyers are offering (the bid price) and the price at which sellers are offering to sell (the ask price) …