Meaning

• Completely open

  "The front door was wide open."

• Having no laws or law enforcement

  "It was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came."

• Unsettled or unresolved

  "The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open."

• Vulnerable or unprotected

  "He left himself wide open to criticism."

• Without the presence of opponents nearby

  "He was wide open and scored easily after receiving the pass."

• Of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bid and ask prices