Basics

Bid

The bid is the price at which you can sell an instrument. It is the lower of the two prices quoted, and long positions are closed at the bid.

Also called: bid price, sell price

Hypothetical example

Hypothetically, EUR/USD is quoted 1.1000 / 1.1002. The bid is 1.1000: a sell order fills there.

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