What is a unilateral market? Is there a bilateral market?

Single-sided market: the so-called "single-sided", that is, the market price only up and not down! The split disk is a unilateral market, the global players are buying and selling the same stock. When the stock increases to a certain point, it will be distributed (similar to the traditional stock ex-rights). After distribution the number of shares in the hands of the player increases, the price of the stock decreases, but at the moment the total value of assets remains unchanged. New players will be able to buy shares at a lower price. 35-40% of the funds received by the old players from the sale of shares must also be re-purchased (re-investment), so the general trend of stock prices is upward. Of course, sometimes in a certain period of time will be in a price range sideways (but never down!), is also normal. , which is also normal.

Bilateral market: Bilateral market, two-sided marketplace, refers to an interactive environment where there are two parties with distinctly different and complementary roles, let's call them A-side and B-side.

The most significant feature of a bilateral marketplace is the bilateral network effect (the theoretical basis), in which an increase in the number of A-side parties will give B-side parties more choices, leading to a larger aggregation of B-side parties, and a larger aggregation of B-side parties will, in turn, attract a larger aggregation of A-side parties.

Obviously, the creation of a bilateral platform is a bit of a chicken and egg flavor. This requires the platform operator to form a gathering in the early stage through subsidies, and in the process continue to avoid letting any party leave the platform through rules and mechanisms. Once the platform scale beyond the zero point, others want to surpass you will be difficult, the platform can harvest commercial value.

Extended information

Single-sided offer is the offer of one side of the sale.

The so-called bilateral quotes in bond trading refers to the behavior of bond operators in the bond market to publicly quote to other traders at the same time their willingness to transact the bond bid and ask prices, and even include the corresponding willingness to transact the quantity. Bond operating agencies for bilateral offers, mainly for some specific bonds to make a market, may also be due to temporary trading needs and non-continuous, such as acceptance of certain institutions of the agency entrusted to the market to buy, sell bilateral offers.