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The Cost You Pay Before You Are Right

The spread is the toll for immediacy, and it is charged on the way in and again on the way out.

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What the lesson covers

0:00You buy at the offer and sell at the bid. The gap is a cost.
0:05The two prices. The bid is the highest someone will pay. The offer is the lowest someone will accept.
0:14What it costs you. Buy and immediately sell and you are down the spread, before any commission.
0:23Why it varies so much. A market maker widens the spread when inventory is risky and volume is thin.
0:32The number that matters. Judge it as a percentage of price, not in cents. Ten cents means nothing alone.
0:40Price the spread before you size the position.

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