A market is made when a dealer quotes bid and ask prices at which he or she stands ready to buy and sell.
To be ready, willing, and able to buy or sell a particular security as a dealer. The individual who does this is called a specialist if the security is listed, or a Market Maker if the security is traded over-the-counter.
A market maker stands ready to buy or sell a particular security for his/her own account to keep the market liquid.
Dealers are said to make a market when they quote bid and offered prices at which they stand ready to buy and sell.
A dealer makes a market by providing a two way quote, a bid and ask price in which they stand ready to buy or sell. In this way, dealers are also known as market makers.
Maintain firm bid and offer prices in a given security standing ready to buy or sell Round Lots at publicly quoted prices. The dealer is called a market maker in the over-the-counter market and a specialist on the exchanges. A dealer who makes a market over a long period is said to maintain a market.
A dealer who specializes in a specific security, such as a bond or share, is said to make a market in the security. That means the dealer is ready to buy or sell the bond, or at least one round lot of the share, at its publicly quoted price. Other dealers regularly turn to a market maker, if there is one, when they want to buy or sell that particular security. The overall effect of having multiple marketmakers in a particular security, which is typical of U.S. electronic markets such as the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq), is greater liquidity in the marketplace and, ideally, more competitive prices.
A dealer is said to "make a market" when a quoted bid and ask price is given to a client. The price represents the firm prices that the dealer is ready to buy or sell.
The action of a broker-dealer when, on a regular basis, it holds itself out to other firms as ready to buy or sell a particular security for its own account. Such a firm accepts the risk of holding a position in the security to facilitate trading.
Refers to brokerage firms that buy and sell a particular over-the-counter stock for their own accounts at their own risk.
Standing by ready to buy or sell a particular security as a dealer for its own account and provide liquidity for its clients.
dealer is said to make a market when he quotes bid and offered prices at which he stands ready to buy and sell.
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The process of maintaining firm bid and asked prices in a given security by standing ready to buy or sell round lots at publicly quoted prices. In the over-the-counter market, the dealer is called a "market maker", and on the exchanges, a "specialist". See: Asked Price; Market Maker; Over The Counter; Round Lot; Specialist
To stand ready to buy or sell a particular security as a dealer for its own account. A market maker accepts the risk of holding the position in the security. (See also: Market Maker)
