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Bid Price
The bid price is the highest price that a buyer is currently willing to pay for a financial instrument. It is always lower than the ask price, and the gap between the two is the bid-ask spread. Market makers continuously update bid prices based on supply and demand dynamics, and the bid price is the price at which a seller can immediately execute a market sell order.
Example
“The bid price for AAPL was $178.50, so her market sell order was filled at that level.”