I was assuming that the seller in this case did not put in an AON order. If he did there might be a problem matching orders for the sale. If the buyer in this case had an AON order for 100 shares the sellers 10 (if best price) would have been picked up along with 90 others at best price.
Maybe all of the bids were "all-or-none" greater than your 10 shares.
If they are buying 100 share blocks it might skip right over you.
No, the orders don't skip. If you offer to sell at a lower price then the next seller your shares will sell first
AON order
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/aon.asp
I was assuming that the seller in this case did not put in an AON order. If he did there might be a problem matching orders for the sale. If the buyer in this case had an AON order for 100 shares the sellers 10 (if best price) would have been picked up along with 90 others at best price.
That would be a series of partial fills --- it wouldn't go through.
I've seen this done to "paint" the ticker tape.
You put in a bid and someone buys below you. It goes back up --- you get nothing.