Investment Glossary
Glossary of Investment Terms
Spread
Definition: For our purposes it is essentially the difference between what you can buy an option for and what you can sell it for at any given time. The spread is represented by the bid and ask prices with bid being the selling price and ask being the purchase price. The difference is the market maker’s profit.
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