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wide open

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wide-o⋅pen

  [wahyd-oh-puhn]
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–adjective
1. opened to the full extent: a wide-open window.
2. lacking laws or strict enforcement of laws concerning liquor, vice, gambling, etc.: a wide-open town.
Origin:
1850–55
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Slang Dictionary
wide open

  1. mod.
    as fast as possible; at full throttle. : I was driving along wide open when I became aware of a flashing red light.
  2. mod.
    vice-ridden. : This town is wide open!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Financial Dictionary

Wide Open

The situation at the opening of a trading day when there is a wide spread between the bid and ask prices for a security.

Investopedia Commentary

This situation can arise because market makers and market participants have yet to submit their bid and ask prices to the market, leaving very few (uncompetitive) orders to appear as the lowest ask and highest bid price.

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Defining Active Trading
Losing to Win
Limiting Losses

See also: Ask, Bid, Bid-Ask Spread, Market Maker, Open, Open Bell

Also spelled: Wideopen

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Idioms & Phrases

wide open

  1. Unresolved, unsettled, as in The fate of that former colony is still wide open. [Mid-1900s]

  2. Unprotected or vulnerable, as in That remark about immigrants left him wide open to hostile criticism. This expression originated in boxing, where it signifies being off one's guard and open to an opponent's punches. It began to be used more broadly about 1940. Also see leave open.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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