Liquidity
Also known as market liquidity
Liquidity describes how easily an asset can be bought or sold without significantly moving its price. A liquid market has many active buyers and sellers and narrow gaps between bid and ask prices, so large trades cause little disruption. Thinly traded tokens can swing sharply on modest orders and may be hard to exit. Liquidity can disappear quickly during market stress, even for assets that normally trade heavily.
Related terms
- Slippage The gap between expected and actual execution price. Trading & Markets
- Liquidity Pool Tokens pooled in a contract to enable trading or lending. DeFi
- Order Book The list of open buy and sell orders on an exchange. Trading & Markets
- Market Capitalization Price multiplied by circulating supply. Trading & Markets
- Centralized Exchange A company-run platform that holds customers’ funds and matches trades. Trading & Markets
- Fully Diluted Valuation Price multiplied by the total or maximum token supply. Trading & Markets
