Anwar is placing a market order to purchase 100 shares of AJLwhen the bid/ask is $10.25."$ 10.75. Before the trade is complete, the bid/ask moves to $10.207S1Q70. Whatis the share pricethat Anwar will pay on the purchase transaction?
Correct Answer: A
A market order executes immediately at the best availableask pricefor a purchase transaction. In this case, the bid/ask initially was $10.25/$10.75. However, before execution, the ask price updated to $10.70, meaning Anwar will pay $10.70 per share.
* B. $10.75: This was the previous ask price but is no longer valid after the update.
* C. $10.29: This value is not relevant to the current bid/ask spread.
* D. $10.20: This represents the updated bid price, which applies to sell orders, not buy orders.
