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Liquidity risk

Trading & orders

The risk that a holding cannot be sold at anything close to its quoted price because too little of it is being traded.

In plain terms

A quoted price with a handful of daily trades behind it is not a price you can transact at in size. Combine that with tight circuit limits and a bad announcement leaves you locked in for consecutive sessions.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya