Negotiated Market
A type of secondary market exchange in which the prices of each security are bargained out between buyers and sellers.
Investopedia Commentary
Negotiated markets exist and function via the basic principle of supply and demand. Buyers produce demand for a given security or asset by entering bid orders to buy the security at a specified amount and price, while sellers create the supply for the security by entering ask orders, again for set amounts and prices.
Related Links
Getting to Know Stock Exchanges
Understanding Order Execution
See also: Broker-Dealer, Clearing Price, Market Value, NYSE, OTCBB, Specialist