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title: What are Bid Prices and Ask Prices?
slug: what-are-bid-prices-and-ask-prices
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createdAt: 2022-06-13T17:59:00.000Z
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**Bid Price** is the price at which someone is willing to buy an asset/security. The bid price represents the maximum price that a buyer is willing to pay for a share of stock or other security or an asset.

On the other hand, the **Ask Price** is the minimum price that a seller is willing to accept for that same security, stock, or asset.

The difference between the bid and ask price is generally called the ***Bid-Ask spread.***