market maker
Bid-ask quote setter
A market maker is a firm or individual that stands ready to buy and sell a particular asset, profiting from the difference between bid and ask prices.
Market makers provide liquidity—without them, buyers and sellers would have to wait for matching counterparties.
The market maker quoted $50.25 bid, $50.30 ask.
In securities trading, market makers commit to continuous two-sided quotes, helping ensure orderly markets.
One who sells goods
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- algorithmic tradingComputer-driven market transactions
- high-frequency tradingRapid automated market transactions
- electronic tradingComputer-based securities transactions
One who sells goods
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
- counterpartyOther side in deals
- principalChief school administrator
Offer to purchase
- askSeek an answer
- spreadTo distribute widely
- executionCompleting a planned task
- volumeAmount of space filled
quotation · counterparty · transaction · clearing · settlement · matching · fill · price
Record of pending trades
- price stabilityConsistent general price levels
- fair pricingReasonable cost for goods
dealer
One who sells goods
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- algorithmic tradingComputer-driven market transactions
- high-frequency tradingRapid automated market transactions
dealer
One who sells goods
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
- middlemanAgent linking two parties
- counterpartyOther side in deals
bid
Offer to purchase
volume · quotation · counterparty · transaction · clearing · settlement · matching · fill · price · scalping
order book
Record of pending trades
- price stabilityConsistent general price levels
- fair pricingReasonable cost for goods
- tradingbid, buy, ask, sell, trading
- Wall Streetstocks, shares, Wall Street, NYSE, Dow
- traderstrader, merchant, retailer, vendor, dealer
- market economicsmonopoly, oligopoly, perfect competition, duopoly, monopsony
- stock marketstock, shares, stocks, trading, trader
- finance jobsaccountant, banker, broker, trader, auditor
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