How to Use market maker in a Sentence

market maker

noun
  • The more the stock goes up, the more the market maker owes you.
    — George Calhoun, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • That risk leads market makers to be cautious and quote wider spreads.
    — Lisa Beilfuss, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
  • The market maker still makes a small profit from the one-cent spread.
    — Lisa Beilfuss, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
  • If the shares jump in price, the market maker will lose money on the stock’s short sale.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Without a lead market maker a fund’s bid-ask spread can balloon.
    — Rachel Evans, Bloomberg.com, 23 May 2018
  • This is where brokers sell their customers’ trades to market makers for a rebate.
    — Anmol Verma, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The market maker asked for anonymity to talk more candidly.
    — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The company does not act as a market maker or trade any of its own assets, Yates says.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2021
  • In return, the market maker pays the broker for the right to fill the investors’ orders.
    — Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Robinhood, or your broker of choice, takes your order to a firm known as a wholesaler or market maker.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 9 June 2022
  • The brokers were flocking to his firm for good reason––he was the first to pay them big bucks for channeling their trades to a market maker.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The market maker fills the orders at the best price that would have been available on an exchange and then, if all goes well, pockets the spread.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 23 June 2020
  • The Swiss bank produced the notes, which were then sold by third parties to market makers, Thiam said.
    — Patrick Winters, Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Traders at the large market maker said the mystery trading pattern came to a halt in mid-October.
    — Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2022
  • This type of trade, known as delta hedging, neutralizes the risk of price fluctuations for the market maker.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Instead, the market maker is expected to figure out supply and demand on the day of the listing.
    — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 20 June 2019
  • Some clients may also profit off prediction markets as market makers.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Cry Tough Even brand name issuers are having trouble lining up lead market makers.
    — Rachel Evans, Bloomberg.com, 23 May 2018
  • Robinhood also makes money on interest held in client cash accounts as well as by selling client trades to market makers.
    — Douglas MacMillan, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Options activity may also skew the action, as a market maker must hedge against any options sold.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The market maker would buy SAF with long-term contracts and then resell it to airlines at a spot price.
    — Justin Worland, TIME, 23 July 2024
  • The future Ponzi schemer was the first market maker to pay brokers for routing their orders to his firm for processing.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2021
  • These include certain exchanges, wallet providers, market makers, and storage vaults.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Take it to semiannual and quoting their shares becomes guesswork; spreads widen, depth thins, and some market makers simply step away.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • In the economy today, market makers play a key role connecting supply with demand.
    — Justin Worland, TIME, 23 July 2024
  • If the token's price spikes, the market maker cashes in, buying tokens at a steep discount and selling into the rally.
    — Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
  • That will be determined Thursday morning by market makers who balance buy and sell orders at the start of the trading day.
    — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 20 June 2019
  • In the attention economy, Trump is what Wall Street might call a market maker.
    — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Robinhood will also have a major day-one market maker in Susquehanna to match bets on the exchange and keep bid-ask spreads in check.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Nov. 2025
  • But one telling stat comes from Citadel Securities, the biggest retail market maker.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 4 Sep. 2020

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