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Re: Prattstocks post# 37242

Tuesday, 05/06/2014 5:03:44 PM

Tuesday, May 06, 2014 5:03:44 PM

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market makers


Market Maker
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Definition of 'Market Maker'

A broker-dealer firm that accepts the risk of holding a certain number of shares of a particular security in order to facilitate trading in that security. Each market maker competes for customer order flow by displaying buy and sell quotations for a guaranteed number of shares. Once an order is received, the market maker immediately sells from its own inventory or seeks an offsetting order. This process takes place in mere seconds.