Trading Order Types & Processes
Many traders rely on orders to execute their strategies. What kind of orders are there and how do they work?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/stock-broker-stock-trading-orders-57a25bfa5f9b589aa9310a09.jpg)
Order-Triggers-Two (OTT) Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1157081287-035d7622e67544e3a5a5ea0f1b07e49b.jpg)
Order-Sends-Order (OSO/OTO) Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/122574802-5bfc2b8d46e0fb0026016ef5.jpg)
What Is a Long Position?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1034365382-ab903a85115d46608a9878d355d54e18.jpg)
The Stop-Loss Order—Make Sure You Use It
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/blur-1853262_19201-485cc15952974d8ab3af724fc5636238.jpg)
Limit Order vs. Stop Order: What's the Difference?
Explore Order Types & Processes
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/janus_capital-5bfc2b84c9e77c005143ef7a.jpg)
Long Position vs. Short Position: What's the Difference?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-956752490-f855ea697f214f07b13b777eb4787945.jpg)
Market Order vs. Limit Order: What's the Difference?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading9-5bfc2b99c9e77c002630667a.jpg)
Buy Limit Order: Definition, Example, Pros and Cons
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading19-5bfc2b9ac9e77c005143f303.jpg)
Stop-Limit Order Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/dv1410381-5bfc2b98c9e77c002630665d.jpg)
Trailing Stop Definition and Uses
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1025886228-e590ded8a9ee49009e14ed5399db88f2.jpg)
The Basics of the Bid-Ask Spread
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1146062956-e5b54f002b5f4231b1a7225f4a1c452a.jpg)
How After-Hours Trading Affects Stock Prices
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1086731564-cbdaa6b450b643ed9d133f85e4c5fb66.jpg)
Learn About a Logical Method of Stop Placement
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/options-lrg-2-5bfc2b20c9e77c005143deb4.jpg)
Use Stops to Protect Yourself From Market Loss
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading20-5bfc2b9a4cedfd0026c11ae2.jpg)
Buy Stop Order Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/aa010876-5bfc2b9cc9e77c005143f33c.jpg)
Day Order
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1016978230-7a03a0efc9da4831acfa65178f449465.jpg)
Weighted Average vs. FIFO vs. LIFO: What's the Difference?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading10-5bfc2b9c46e0fb0083c07dfa.jpg)
Immediate Or Cancel Order (IOC)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/115556938-5bfc2b9d46e0fb005144de45.jpg)
Execution Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading12-5bfc2b9b4cedfd0026c11b34.jpg)
What Is a Basket Trade?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading9-5bfc2b99c9e77c002630667a.jpg)
Open Order Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/78289438-5bfc2b8d46e0fb00260b2401.jpg)
Sell to Close Definition & Examples

Good 'Til Canceled (GTC) Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-947158518-4f4c1904fcf24459becd5c9b4a630dd0.jpg)
What Do T+1, T+2, and T+3 Mean?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-923217650-f43954ef90b74c20a365970c134c57fe.jpg)
What Are the Minimum Margin Requirements for an Equities Short Sale Account?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-658647254-82ff9fa5535d49b7b8b572da5ef52acd.jpg)
Stop-Loss vs. Stop-Limit Order: Which Order to Use?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/115556938-5bfc2b9d46e0fb005144de45.jpg)
Stop-Loss Order Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Investing-in-Your-Employer-s-Stock-56a092865f9b58eba4b1aa1a.jpg)
Wash-Sale Rule: Stopping Taxpayers From Claiming Artificial Losses
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1054017850-10d0b24562684ff791a23454f71bdef8.jpg)
Understanding Order Execution
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/forex13-5bfc2b9246e0fb0051bde0a0.jpg)
What Is Bid and Ask?

Sell to Open Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing17-5bfc2b8fc9e77c00519aa64c.jpg)
How Step-Out Trading Works
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1150100051-7f93169bfd494c82a769316ad0ce4156.jpg)
Buy to Cover

Take-Profit Order - T/P

Time In Force Definition

Iceberg Order Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/stock-market-and-exchange--business-candle-stick-graph-chart-of-stock-market-investment-trading--stock-market-data--bullish-point--trend-of-graph--vector-illustration-1126227189-9ca9ee1e01e74eea85fbd1d773e3d5c1.jpg)
Market-On-Close (MOC) Order Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/stock-chart-price-pattern-rebound-629027736-3503c1eb418147539717d7fe897b51d3.jpg)
All Or None (AON) Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-148729905-c02924754abe4e75827651327b77df9c.jpg)
How to Prevent a Limit Order From Not Getting Filled If the Price Gaps
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/stock-exchange-market-display-screen-board-on-the-street-showing-stock-rises-in-green-colour-1027040192-e7b70a959db84cc987c011e4c1de660b.jpg)
Direct Access Trading (DAT)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/133724338-5bfc2b9c4cedfd0026c11b71.jpg)
What Is a Market-If-Touched (MIT) Order?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading12-5bfc2b9b4cedfd0026c11b34.jpg)
Conditional Order Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/stocks-lrg-3-5bfc2b1d46e0fb005144ca11.jpg)
How Can I Be Paying More Than What a Stock Is Trading for?

Fill Or Kill (FOK) Definition

One-Cancels-the-Other (OCO) Order Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/shutterstock_112522391-5bfc2b9846e0fb0051bde2d3.jpg)
How do I place a stop-loss order?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-149260782-f0d16a910ff24cc5a3be03fe78bdafa5.jpg)
What Maker-Taker Fees Mean for You
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thinkstockphotos_493208894-5bfc2b9746e0fb0051bde2b8.jpg)
Bidding Up Securities
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/dv1410381-5bfc2b98c9e77c002630665d.jpg)
Good This Month (GTM) Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading8-5bfc2b99c9e77c00587706c0.jpg)
Cancel Former Order (CFO) Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thinkstockphotos_493208894-5bfc2b9746e0fb0051bde2b8.jpg)
Stop-Loss vs. Stop-Limit Order: What's the Difference?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-686726405-9e8eb969df574f67bbcf235cbd8e2eb9.jpg)
Shelf Offering Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/investing10-5bfc2b90c9e77c00517fd2ef.jpg)
What Is an Order Imbalance?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thinkstockphotos_80410231-5bfc2b97c9e77c0026b4fb20.jpg)
Buy Limit vs. Sell Stop Order: What’s the Difference?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading11-5bfc2b9b46e0fb00265bedaf.jpg)
Good This Week (GTW) Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/122582497-5bfc2b8d46e0fb005119b24b.jpg)
Contingency Order Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-172897808-48e264d9254e4fb0a875e00768c0249f.jpg)
Why limit orders may cost more than market orders
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/139085474-5bfc2b8d46e0fb0026016ee7.jpg)
What Does At-the-Market Mean?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading11-5bfc2b9b46e0fb00265bedaf.jpg)
Canceled Order Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/financial-stock-market-graph-chart-of-stock-market-investment-trading-1086745334-129a8996fb374cc889aae30eb8e43bff.jpg)
Limit Order Book
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading11-5bfc2b9b46e0fb00265bedaf.jpg)
What Is a Not-Held Order?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/activetrading20-5bfc2b9a4cedfd0026c11ae2.jpg)
EDGX Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-518311957-63b7c16da2404bbea0b1d05aeab3d5b5.jpg)
The Difference Between Bid-Ask Spread and Bid-Ask Bounce
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/154186232-5bfc393fc9e77c0051838a2a.jpg)
Market-On-Open Order (MOO) Definition
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/78293570-5bfc2b8cc9e77c0026b4f8e9.jpg)
Can a stop-loss order protect a short sale?