Spot Market

      A Spot market is a public marketplace where assets are traded and settled in real time. Whenever activity happens in a spot market the exchange is immediate meaning that both parties receive their demands as soon as the deal goes through. 

     Spot markets are the most common markets for retail investors to participate in because of the simplicity in ownership. More advanced participants tend to utilize a futures market, where settlement does not happen immediately but the risk:reward profile is accentuated.