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Question 1

What does ‘Bid Size’ refer to?

Answer 1

The number of individual buy orders they wish to buy

Bid Size indicates the total volume of shares that buyers are willing to purchase at a given price.

Question 2

What is ‘Bid Price’?

Answer 2

The price buyers are willing to pay for the stock

Bid Price reflects the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a stock.

Question 3

Define ‘Ask Price’.

Answer 3

The price sellers are willing to sell the stock

Ask Price indicates the lowest price at which a seller is willing to sell a stock.

Question 4

What does ‘Ask Size’ represent?

Answer 4

The total number of shares these sellers wish to sell

Ask Size indicates the number of individual sell orders placed by sellers.

Question 5

Fill in the blank: Bid Size is the number of individual buy orders they wish to _______.

Answer 5

[buy]

Question 6

True or False: The Ask Price is always higher than the Bid Price.

Answer 6

True

This reflects the typical market structure where sellers require a higher price than buyers are willing to pay.

Question 7

What does the ‘total number of shares’ represent in the context of Bid Size and Ask Size?

Answer 7

The aggregate volume of buy or sell orders placed on an online platform

Total shares provide insight into market liquidity and demand.