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Spread

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Spread

The gap between the best bid and best ask price.

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Spread is the difference between the highest price a buyer will pay (bid) and the lowest price a seller will accept (ask). Tight spreads mean deep liquidity; wide spreads mean thin markets and higher trading costs.

Related

Related terms

Order book

The list of outstanding buy and sell orders for a market.

Liquidity

How easily an asset can be bought or sold without moving the price.

Slippage

The difference between expected and executed trade price.

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