{"id":27645,"date":"2026-04-16T06:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=27645"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:10:47","slug":"what-is-bid-price-and-ask-price","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/article\/what-is-bid-price-and-ask-price\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Bid Price and Ask Price?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every time you look up a stock on your trading platform, you&#8217;ll notice two prices not one. These are the <strong>bid price<\/strong> and the <strong>ask price<\/strong>, and the difference between them is called the <strong>spread<\/strong>. Understanding these three terms helps you trade more efficiently and avoid paying more than you need to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"bid-price\" ><strong>Bid Price<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The bid price is the highest price a buyer is currently willing to pay for a stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the bid price of Infosys is \u20b91,500, it means the best offer any buyer in the market has placed right now is \u20b91,500 per share. If you&#8217;re selling, this is the price you&#8217;ll get if you sell immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"ask-price\" ><strong>Ask Price<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The ask price (also called the offer price) is the lowest price a seller is currently willing to accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the ask price of Infosys is \u20b91,502, it means the cheapest anyone is willing to sell that stock for right now is \u20b91,502. If you&#8217;re buying, this is the price you&#8217;ll pay if you buy immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht_kb_category":[2969],"ht_kb_tag":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/27645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/27645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27649,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/27645\/revisions\/27649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=27645"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=27645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}