NBBO

The NBBO, national best bid and offer, is the highest bid and lowest ask for a US stock across every exchange at once. Since 1975 the venues have been tied into one national market, and since 2005 no exchange may fill you worse than this quote, so twenty order books produce one enforceable price.

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