Bid price - The buying price for securities in the market.
The price at which a trader or market maker is willing to buy an instrument.
The price at which you can sell a security or a unit in a unit trust.
The price a buyer is willing to pay for a security.
The price at which a market maker will buy a security - which could be shares, warrants or, in the case of unit trusts, the price at which units will be bought back from their holders.Needless to say, a market maker"s bid price is always lower than his "offer price" which is the price at which he will sell you the security. The difference between the two is known as the "spread".Bid prices for shares are quoted on the Stock Exchange"s SEAQ system, and displayed live on brokers" computer screens. The prices are only "firm" for quantities within the "normal market size" of a stock. So if you try to sell a large quantity of shares in a small AIM stock, you may find that you cannot get the bid price from the market maker because the normal market size quoted for that stock is below the quantity which you want to sell.
Bid price : the buying price for securities in the market.
the price at which a trader or market maker is willing to buy an instrument.
the price at which you can sell a security or a unit in a unit trust.
the price a buyer is willing to pay for a security.
the price at which a market maker will buy a security - which could be shares, warrants or, in the case of unit trusts, the price at which units will be bought back from their holders.needless to say, a market maker"s bid price is always lower than his "offer price" which is the price at which he will sell you the security. the difference between the two is known as the "spread".bid prices for shares are quoted on the stock exchange"s seaq system, and displayed live on brokers" computer screens. the prices are only "firm" for quantities within the "normal market size" of a stock. so if you try to sell a large quantity of shares in a small aim stock, you may find that you cannot get the bid price from the market maker because the normal market size quoted for that stock is below the quantity which you want to sell.
Bid price