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Market cap is the total volume of all outstanding shares, but the price at any moment is defined by the last price sold. Only the shares currently being traded
by Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago
Market cap is the total volume of all outstanding shares, but the price at any moment is defined by the last price sold. Only the shares currently being traded affect the price. 100 billion is plenty enough to affect price of 'traded shares' even if its only a small percentage of 'all shares'.