Half-Spread in Basis Points
Market Making
Quotes and Spreads
Easy
Hint 1
The midpoint is .
Hint 2
The half-spread is half of the full spread .
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1. Half-spread
The full spread is , so the half-spread is .
2. Basis points
Divide by the midpoint.
3. Key idea
The half-spread is the edge per fill relative to mid; the full spread is the edge per round trip.
Answer: 1, about 131.58 bp
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