Liquidity: related pages

Trading by a broker on their own account, ahead of processing a client's order that is likely to affect prices.

A dealer who receives privileges in share dealing in return for providing liquidity, usually by always quoting firm bid and offer prices.

The difference between the prices at which shares can be bought and sold.

Trading systems in which investors’ offers to buy and sell securities are directly matched with each other rather than through market makers.

The average price at which a security sold in a period (usually the last hour) before the close of a day's trading.

The proportion of a company's shares that are likely to be tradeable on the market: a measure of how many shares are reasonably liquid.

A combination of heavy trading and volatile prices in a security or market.