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Quantitative Finance · Glossary

What is Price discovery?

Definition 8.4 Microstructure and Execution · Chapter 8 — Fragmentation and Routing

Price discovery is the process by which new information is incorporated into prices. When one security trades in several markets, their prices share a common efficient price and the question is which market’s quotes move it first.

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