Basics

What is Liquidity?

How easy it is to buy or sell something quickly

Full Explanation

A liquid stock has lots of buyers and sellers so you can exit fast. An illiquid stock might take days to sell.

Apple is very liquid. A tiny penny stock might not be.

Pre-Market Trading

Trading that happens before the market officially opens

Stock

A tiny piece of ownership in a company

One unit of a stock

Broker

The app or platform where you buy stocks

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