Price discovery

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The process by which a broker/dealer determines the prevailing market price of an instrument which its customer wishes to buy or sell. It generally does this by seeking firm quotations across various exchanges, markets and venues for that instrument and then presenting the best of them to the customer. This may be part of the best execution process.

See also

• Best execution
• Bid and offer
• Firm quotation