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1). What is a Market Maker?

A market maker or liquidity provider is a financial institution or individual trader that quotes both a buy and a sell price in a tradable asset held in inventory, hoping to make a profit on the difference, which is called the bid–ask spread or turn.

When a buyer's bid price meets a seller's offer price or vice versa, the stock exchange's matching system decides that a deal has been executed. In such a system, there may be no designated or official market makers, but market makers nevertheless exist.

Market makers make a profit from the bid-ask spread and the difference between these two prices represents the market maker’s profit.

2). Market Makers Manipulation

While their primary role is to match buy and sell orders and maintain a fair and orderly market, there have been concerns and allegations of market manipulation involving Market Makers.

It’s important to note that not all Market Makers engage in manipulative practices, and most of them operate with integrity.

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