What is Market Maker?
A firm or program that continuously quotes buy and sell prices to keep a market tradable.

quotes both sides · gap stays tight
A market maker mainly…
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In real work
Invite a market maker before the sports slate opens so spreads stay tight overnight.
In the illustration
Both arms keep placing bid and ask blocks so the gap stays tight.
Identify the market maker quotes in your market app on this contract: the spread they hold, the size on each side, and how it changed after the news.
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