February 7th, 2009 | by admin |
by John Border
NASDAQ though called an exchange works in method called double action whereby the highest bidder buyer competes with all other buyers and the same thing happens for the sellers. NASDAQ as an exchange is not very old but has been giving good competition to the established exchange like the NYSE.
In NASDAQ much like in the real world each broker or the dealer as you may want to call it has an inventory of shares which they are willing to sell and that means that they can easily assume that their inventory along with other broker’s inventory will be taken care of. In effect each order if fulfilled based on how much inventory or shares you are holding.
As an example I will show how a limit order works and how a market order works. Limit means that you impose a limit on the price you are willing to pay for the stock. In the market order you are willing to pay any price which is currently in the market. For example if you need to buy 1000 shares then the dealer will give 500 shares at a price you quoted but the next 500 shares you will get at a price which can be anything based on the price the dealer procures the additional shares for you.
NASDAQ has a way of providing you with the bid offer, ask size and size of each offer by way of SOES which is the Small Order Execution System. A broker who helps create a market for buyers and sellers is known as the market maker.
In conclusion, NASDAQ seems to favor the small investor like you and me for trading and that is all that matters in the stock trading arena.However there are other exchnages which can help really really small investor with special deals and cash only options like the American Exchange.
If you need to trade in penny stocks then what you need is trading in OTCBB. But be careful as penny stock trading is very risky and volatile.
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