liquidity smiles

A form of liquidity smile — A feature of many financial markets whereby the volume (and hence liquidity) is concentrated at the start and particularly the end of the trading day, with relatively thin trading in the middle.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of liquidity smile
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