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Gold/Mining/Energy : Daytrading Canadian stocks in Realtime
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To: Enjay!! who wrote (12107)5/10/1999 12:53:00 PM
From: Canuck Dave  Read Replies (3) of 62348
 
Bid size is the number of shares someone is willing to buy at that price. If the bid size is 43, then there you could sell 4300 shares at that price. The reverse applies on the ask. That's the price you would have to pay to buy the shares.

When you buy 'at market' you buy the shares at the ask price. On Nasdaq, the 'market makers' often manipulate the thinly traded stocks and you end up paying a higher price. Often, the bid/ask sizes don't mean very much on Nasdaq.

Hope this helps.

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