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Glossary
Investment Management
Depth of Market
Depth of market is a gauge of two-way liquidity, derived from the number of open orders on both sides of the market. Market depth and how the buy/sell orders are stacked can offer traders a reasonable proxy for how a security might trade, or the size of orders that can be put through without disrupting the price.