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Active market

Heavy Volume for a specific security or an entire Exchange. In general, the more active a Market is, the more Liquid it is and the smaller the Bid/ask spread is.

Related Terms: 12 Ask, Bid, Bid/ask spread, Exchange, ECU, ECI, Liquid, Market, Quid, SEC, Spread, Volume
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