Spreads

Brokers and Spreads

A broker is the middleman between you and the market, and the spread, the difference between the price you buy at and the price you sell at, is the most common way brokers get paid for providing that access. What a spread is The ask (blue) sits above the bid (orange). The gap between them is the spread. ...

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