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Peaker on April 18, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: A High Frequency Trader's Apologia, Part 1

Oh, thanks for correcting my misunderstanding. So in general, sell "min_price" really just means sell "price"? Or are there circumstances that it would sell above that price?

cynix on April 18, 2012 [–]

As explained above, if Bob's $10.05 buy order was in the order book first, then Alice's $9.90 sell order would trade with Bob's buy order at $10.05.

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