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Adverse Selection in Limit Orders

Medium · Market Microstructure · Quant Trader interview question · adverse-selection, market-making, limit-order, order-book

You place a limit buy order for 100 shares of XYZ stock at 100 dollars. The order is immediately filled. Assuming you have no private information about XYZ, and the market is generally efficient, what is the most likely explanation for this immediate fill?