Why is bitcoin ask price lower than bid price on bittrex?

[jerry0]

Can someone explain?   Ask price is what the seller is asking.  Bid price is what the buyer is offering.  So why is it like this?

[jerry0]

anyone can explain?

[eminemcookie]

anyone can explain?

This shouldn't be possible, are you sure you are not mistaken? Bittrex matches orders instantly and so this can never happen in theory. I have noticed sometimes that bittrex struggles to keep up and the order books are displayed wrong but this is simply fixed by refreshing the page, have you tried that?

[wapperjaw]

So you're saying theres never a time where the highest bidder and the highest ask have a gap between them?

Highest bidder  15000
Highest asking  14950 ?