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Contingent Order

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Definition of 'Contingent Order'

1. An order involving the simultaneous execution of two or more transactions.

2. An order whose execution depends upon the execution and/or price of another security.
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Investopedia explains 'Contingent Order'

These types of orders are generally placed for option strategies where two separate transactions must occur at the same time. An example is a buy-write, where an investor would buy a stock and sell a call simultaneously.

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  8. Bear Spread

  9. Bear Straddle

  10. Box Spread

  11. Bull Call Spread

  12. Bull Put Spread

  13. Bull Spread

  14. Bullet Trade

  15. Butterfly Spread

  16. Buy A Spread

  17. Calendar Spread

  18. Call Ratio Backspread

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  24. Covered Call

  25. Covered Combination

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  27. Credit Spread

  28. Death Put

  29. Debit Spread

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  31. Delta Neutral

  32. Delta Spread

  33. Diagonal Spread

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  35. Double One-Touch Option

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  38. Fixed Dollar Value Collar

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  41. Forex Option & Currency Trading Options

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  44. Gut Spread

  45. Heston Model

  46. Horizontal Spread

  47. Implied Volatility - IV

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  49. Iron Butterfly

  50. Iron Condor

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  64. Naked Position

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  70. Outright Option

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  73. Positive Butterfly

  74. Protective Put

  75. Put Calendar

  76. Put On A Call

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  84. Risk Reversal

  85. Roll Down

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  88. Seagull Option

  89. Sell To Open

  90. Series 4

  91. Short Leg

  92. Short Straddle

  93. Straddle

  94. Strangle

  95. Swing Option

  96. Synthetic Dividend

  97. Variable Ratio Write

  98. VIX Option

  99. Writing An Option

  100. Zero Cost Collar

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