Nothing technical. You put in a bid below ask mm thinks market buys down if someone sells into it. You put in a buy at ask it only moves on consecutive ask buys. Liquidity. Even on ask buys the broker buys where it can low or high. Put in a buy higher than ask with limitation see what happens. It's easier to move down selling into the bid than it is to move it up buying market.
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