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    Stock Order Types: Limit Orders, Market Orders, and Stop Orders



    When placing trades, the order type you choose can have a big impact on when, how, and at what price your order gets filled.

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    We’ll break down three common order types: market orders, limit orders, and stop orders.

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    1. TD Ameritrade on

      Quick quiz: What is a market order? Is it A) A trade order based on a specific price indicated by you. B) A trade order that means you want your order filled immediately, at the next available price. Or C) A trade that’s triggered when a stock moves past a specific price point.

    5. Lorenzo on

      Is there a buy order type to ride the parabolic curve down and back up again and enter a position when the price starts to swing up? What order type would suit this without having to watch the price 24/7. I know a trail limit works in the opposite way for a sell, but is there an equivalent way with a buy?

    6. Jim R. on

      I am still confused at the difference between a limit order and a stop order. If I have a stock at $100 and I want to sell it when it gets to $120, would I use a:

      A) Sell/Limit order/activation price = $120

      B) Sell/Stop Market order/activation price = $120

      Wouldn't they both accomplish this? If not, why?

    8. George Emil on

      This video describes a sell stop order. But it does not describe a buy stop order. Is there an order where the broker will buy at market until it reaches a certain high price?

    9. Drioko on

      I genuinely watched so many videos to try to understand this, and you are the best one. examples are everything as well as beginner language, easy to comprehend

    11. Ya boi Jedi on

      So trailing stop orders basically set ur stop loss for you so you don't have to while at the same time making you money as the stock goes up or down (depending on the strategy used)?

    18. dumbass on

      im confused about why the condition is price>=x or price<=x, and not just price = x? like if you have put in the condition in the system to "sell when P = 50" wouldnt the system just do that? why would it ever wait till the price gets to, say, 51, to sell?

    21. UnitedEarthEmpire on

      i placed an order at current price becoz i thought it will be filled immediately, but no my order not filled until the price changed n stay that way until my order expired that day… why the hell is that?

    26. hammad alanzi on

      thanks for fast reply and clear explain. If you please explain for me about short buy and sell . I m new trader you think good for me. thank you again.

    28. Sarwan Khattak on

      I have seen about 30 videos but the concept was not clear………..you have done the job… now I am clear………you are outstanding…. keep it up.

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