An order to unwind a position when the price moves against you. This order is designed to limit losses or in some cases to lock in a certain level of profit. As soon as the price of the security hits the stop-loss price (or falls below), the order becomes a market order. If you were short the asset, the stop-loss would trigger a purchase. Stop-loss...
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An order to sell a stock when the price falls to a specified level.
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An order to buy or sell one currency against another when a pre-determined price is reached. It is lodged with a Bank or Broker and offers 24-hour protection and will float until either cancelled or hit. It is used to protect your purchase or sale of a currency from negative movements in the market overnight or over a period of days/weeks. It is fr...
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A stop order that designates a price limit. Unlike the stop order, which becomes a market order once
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An order that will close out a loss making position when the price reached a specific level. Such trades are carried out on a best efforts basis, since it cannot be guaranteed that a specific price will be traded if the markets are moving rapidly (as they often are when large amounts of stop losses are triggered).
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An order placed with a broker to buy or sell when a certain price is reached; designed to limit an investor's loss on a security position.
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A futures market order which becomes a market order to buy only if the market advances to a specified level or to sell only if the market declines to a specified level. As soon as this specified level is touched or breached the order is executed for the client at the next obtainable price or prices. There is no guarantee the order will be executed ...
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A pre-determined order to close an open position in a contract at a given price should that contract reach the price designated at some point in the future. An open sell would have a buy stop above the current quoted price and an open buy would have a sell stop below the current quoted price. Stop losses are mandatory and are generated by the tradi...
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A customer order to a broker that sets the sell price of a stock below the current market price, therefore protecting profits that have already been made or preventing further losses if the stock drops. (See limit order)
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21119
An order that will close out a loss making position when the price reached a specific level. Such trades are carried out on a best efforts basis, since it cannot be guaranteed that a specific price will be traded if the markets are moving rapidly (as they often are when large amounts of stop losses are triggered)
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21265
An arrangement whereby a client gives his broker instructions to sell a stock if and when its price drops to a specified figure on the market.
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22734
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