The trade happens in an organized exchange where the buyer and seller do not have to meet. In all probabilities you may not know who is buying the stock you are selling. It could be even your friend or neighbor but it is never known.
The price of the stock is decided based on its demand by the exchange in which it is listed.
The market price of shares varies each day.Market Value definition :(1) The price at which a security is trading and could presumably be purchased or sold.
"Short selling" in the context on finance investments means, to sell for example shares of a company one doesn't actually have. Of course one has to buy back the shares from the market later on - but the bet is, that the price of the shares have fallen in the meantime. The difference between the price of the shares sold previously and the price one has to pay in order to get the shares back is the win.
facebook is a private company-no shares issued
it 's intraday only, After 3 o clock you have to square of your Short sell Position. :) Short Sell: Method of profiting from a declining stock price by borrowing shares of the stock, selling them at the market price, and then repurchasing the same number of shares at a future date (and at a lower price, if you're lucky) to return them to the original lender. :)
If trading just one stick, you will pay $9.95, however,for the same price, you can trade up to 1,000 shares. If you decide to trade more than 1,000 shares, the rat is$0.01 per share.
In order to make money trading, you need to sell the purchase something, shares for example, when the price is low. Then the item must be sold for a higher price.
For all practical purposes, WAMU shares stopped trading in 2009.
Once a company goes public and its shares start trading on a stock exchange, its share price is determined by supply and demand in the market. If there is a high demand for its shares, the price will increase.
spot option
Security premium in management accounting is the difference between the nominal value and the selling price of shares.
selling price to whole seller.
The New York Stock Exchange works by people buying and trading stocks. The demand for people to buy or sell a stock sets the price. If people like the price they will buy the shares.