Short answer
The gap between the highest price buyers will pay (bid) and the lowest price sellers will accept (ask).
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What is a spread?
Why it matters
Wide spreads mean higher trading costs. Big, liquid stocks have tiny spreads; small stocks can have wide ones.
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