Bid-Ask Spread

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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.

Taobiz explains Bid-Ask Spad

For example, if the bid price is $20 and the ask price is $21 then the "bid-ask spad" is $1.

The size of the spad from one asset to another will differ mainly because of the difference in liquidity of each asset. For example, currency is considered the most liquid asset in the world and the bid-ask spad in the currency market is one of the smallest (one-hundredth of a percent). On the other hand, less liquid assets such as a small-cap stock may have spads that are equivalent to a percent or two of the asset's value.

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