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Trading Order Types & Processes
  • Guide to Trade Order Types
Trading Skills & Essentials Trading Order Types & Processes

Trading Order Types & Processes

Many traders rely on orders to execute their strategies. What kind of orders are there and how do they work?

Trading Order Types & Processes
  • Guide to Trade Order Types
Long Position (Long) Definition
A Long Position (long) conveys bullish intent as an investor will purchase the security with the hope that it will increase in value.
  • Recruitment business
    The Stop-Loss Order—Make Sure You Use It
  • Monitoring the market
    The Difference Between a Limit Order and a Stop Order
  • Stop-Loss Order Definition
  • The Difference Between a Long and Short Market Position
  • Investor analyzing stock market investments
    Market Order vs. Limit Order: Understanding the Difference
  • Buy Limit Order Definition and Example
  • Stop-Limit Order Definition
  • Trailing Stop Definition
  • Stock Analysis
    The Basics of the Bid-Ask Spread
  • Businesswoman Reading Financial Trading Data on Smartphone
    How After-Hours Trading Affects Stock Prices
  • financial stock market graph chart
    A Logical Method of Stop Placement
  • Use Stops To Protect Yourself From Market Loss
  • Buy Stop Order Definition
  • Day Order Definition
  • Woman's Hands Counts on the Calculator
    Understanding Weighted Average vs. FIFO vs. LIFO
  • Immediate Or Cancel Order (IOC) Definition
  • Execution Definition
  • Basket Trade Definition
  • Open Order Definition
  • Sell to Close Definition & Examples
  • Good 'Til Canceled (GTC) Definition
  • A businessman trading stocks on a digital screen.
    What Do T+1, T+2, and T+3 Mean?
  • Business Woman Thinking Account
    Minimum Margin Requirements for a Short Sale Account
  • Senior Businessman Business Meeting Financial Presentation
    Stop-Loss vs. Stop-Limit Order: Which Order to Use?
  • Stop-Loss Order Definition
  • Stock certificates
    Wash-Sale Rule Definition
  • Full Frame Shot of Paper Currencies on Table
    Understanding Order Execution
  • Bid and Ask Definition
  • Sell To Open Definition
  • Step-Out Trading Definition
  • price change on electronic screen
    Buy to Cover Definition
  • Take-Profit Order - T/P
  • Time In Force Definition
  • Iceberg Order Definition
  • Stock market intraday trading simulation
    Market-On-Close (MOC) Order Definition
  • Stock chart price pattern rebound
    All Or None (AON) Definition
  • a board showing stock prices
    How to Prevent a Limit Order From Not Getting Filled If the Price Gaps
  • Stock exchange market display screen board on the street showing stock rises in green colour
    Direct Access Trading (DAT)
  • Market-If-Touched (MIT) Order Definition and Example
  • Conditional Order
  • How Can I Be Paying More Than What a Stock Is Trading For?
  • Fill Or Kill (FOK) Definition
  • One-Cancels-the-Other Order - (OCO) Definition
  • How do I place a stop-loss order?
  • Traders at Trading Desk
    What Maker-Taker Fees Mean for You
  • Bidding Up Securities
  • Good This Month (GTM) Definition
  • Cancel Former Order (CFO) Defined
  • How does a stop order and a stop limit order differ?
  • Financial Figures On a Screen
    What is a Shelf Offering?
  • Order Imbalance
  • Buy Limit vs. Sell Stop Order: What’s the Difference?
  • Computer graphic of stock chart
    Good This Week (GTW) Defined
  • Contingency Order Definition
  • Balancing the Accounts
    Why limit orders may cost more than market orders
  • At-The-Market Definition
  • Canceled Order Definition
  • financial stock market graph chart of stock market investment trading
    Limit Order Book Definition
  • Not-Held Order Definition
  • EDGX Definition
  • A computer keyboard with ask and bid buttons.
    The Difference Between Bid-Ask Spread and Bid-Ask Bounce
  • Market-On-Open Order (MOO) Definition
  • Can a stop-loss order protect a short sale?
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