{"id":6513,"date":"2026-11-04T10:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T09:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=6513"},"modified":"2026-11-13T10:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T09:42:37","slug":"what-is-a-liquidity-provider","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/es\/resources\/glossary\/what-is-a-liquidity-provider\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un proveedor de liquidez?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>proveedor de liquidez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (LP) es una instituci\u00f3n financiera o creador de mercado que suministra las \u00f3rdenes de compra y venta que mantienen el funcionamiento de un mercado. En el trading de forex y CFD, los proveedores de liquidez suelen ser bancos de nivel 1 (tier 1), grandes creadores de mercado no bancarios y empresas de trading especializadas que cotizan precios las 24 horas del d\u00eda. Las empresas de fondeo (prop firms) enrutan las \u00f3rdenes de los traders a trav\u00e9s de uno o m\u00e1s proveedores de liquidez, quienes a su vez proporcionan la ejecuci\u00f3n real y los precios que aparecen en la plataforma del trader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuando un trader realiza una orden en una cuenta de una empresa de fondeo, la operaci\u00f3n no se queda inactiva en el sistema de la empresa. La orden se enruta al proveedor de liquidez de la empresa, que la empareja con las \u00f3rdenes de compra o venta disponibles al precio de mercado actual. Las empresas con acceso a m\u00faltiples proveedores de liquidez pueden agregar cotizaciones para mostrar al trader las mejores puntas de compra y venta (bid y ask) disponibles, lo que genera spreads m\u00e1s ajustados y una ejecuci\u00f3n m\u00e1s consistente. Tras bambalinas, la infraestructura tecnol\u00f3gica de la empresa gestiona este enrutamiento de forma autom\u00e1tica, de modo que los traders ven un solo flujo de precios aunque varios LP est\u00e9n contribuyendo a \u00e9l.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"glossary-category":[131],"class_list":["post-6513","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-category-trader-glossary"],"acf":{"target_keyword":"liquidity provider ","glossary_post_image":"","key_takeaway":"Key Takeaway","key_takeaway_description":"A liquidity provider is a financial institution or market maker that supplies the buy and sell orders behind a trading venue. Prop firms route trader orders through one or more LPs, and the quality of those connections directly affects spreads, execution, and slippage.","faq":"<b>Who are the main liquidity providers in forex?<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top tier includes major global banks that quote the most liquid currency pairs. Beyond the banks, large non-bank market makers and specialized firms also act as LPs, particularly in retail markets.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>How does liquidity affect spreads and slippage?<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deep liquidity means more buyers and sellers at or near the current price. Tighter spreads result from this, and slippage during normal conditions tends to be minimal. When liquidity thins out, such as around news events or in low-volume sessions, spreads widen and slippage increases regardless of which LPs the firm uses.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>What does tier 1 mean in liquidity providers?<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 1 refers to the top category of liquidity providers, usually major global banks with the largest balance sheets and the widest access to interbank markets. These institutions quote the most liquid currency pairs around the clock and are the ultimate source of liquidity for most forex trading. Tier 2 and tier 3 providers typically source their liquidity from tier 1 banks and pass it through to brokers and prop firms with additional handling.<\/span>"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/6513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propaccount.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-category?post=6513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}