eli5 How is the ticker price of a stock decided when there are multiple trades of a stock happening at the same time?

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eli5 How is the ticker price of a stock decided when there are multiple trades of a stock happening at the same time?

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Theres multiple buying requests (bid) and selling requests (ask) happening. If you are trying to buy a stock, your trading program will look for a seller thats offering as close to that price as possible and vice versa

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