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Basin Street Blues

05/14/20 5:10 PM

#282634 RE: tryn2 #282632

Not sure I know what you mean but all prices are traded at the
best bid or offer if it’s an ‘at market ‘order

If you have a fixed price you want to sell out say 50cents
It can’t take through your offer till you’re filled.

Block trades can be worked up and traded bilaterally then
reported on the exchange but has to have traded within the correct
and price as the market

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exwannabe

05/14/20 5:10 PM

#282635 RE: tryn2 #282632

The real issue is trading volume, not the exchange per see. BUt OTC will usually have thinner volume.

If you put in a limit buy, you need to match somebody with a matching or lower sell, or market sell. On a stock that is thinly traded, might not happen very soon.

You can always put in a limit with a higher buy (or lower sell) if you are in a hurry.

On very thin stocks I will put in a buy above the ask (or other way around) to insure I get a fill. It basically works as a market order but protects you against a bad fill.