Every time you place a trade and it fills almost instantly at a specific quoted price, someone or some automated system was ready on the other side of that trade. That’s the core function of a market maker. They continuously quote both a buy price (the bid) and a sell price (the ask) for a security. They stand ready to trade at those prices, providing the liquidity that lets you buy or sell quickly instead of…
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