depth of market

depth of market definition - finance
The number of shares of a security that can be bought or sold near current prices without causing a sharp change in prices. A widely traded security is said to have a deep market.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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