When you place an order to buy or sell securities, you may get more-or less-than you bargained for. In some cases, the price quoted to you at the time of the sale may not exactly match the price you ...

Are there really 2,000 exchange order types!? Buyside traders fret about a lot of things. In the past year, they added the ever-expanding universe of exchange order types to their lists of worries.

If you’re still a novice trader, one whose strategies haven’t grown toward the more sophisticated side of things, your trade entries and exits might need some guidance. You need to familiarize ...

Understand how buy limit and sell stop orders work, and see how they help traders plan entry and exit strategies for more ...

There was a time when orders for securities were straight forward – buy, sell, limit and perhaps a few variations. Now, however, there is a multiplicity of order types as Michael Lewis points out in ...

Effective from today, the new sweep order types will allow participants to access the dark, periodic auction and lit order books without the need to submit multiple orders. Cboe has introduced new ...

Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree from Bridgewater State University and helps develop content strategies. A not-held order ...

On October 2, the Nasadaq Stock Market filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change that would create a set of trading instructions known as an Intraday Net Asset Value ...

If you want to take your trading to the next level, then it’s important to understand the different types of orders you can use with your online broker. Think it’s as easy as “buy” or “sell”? Think ...

In all of the debates and rhetoric surrounding the dangers of electronic trading, the industry has lost sight of the simple obligation of the broker to protect the customer’s order. The market ...

A market order instructs an investor’s digital broker to buy or sell a stock at the best available price as soon as possible. What Is a Market order and How Does It Work? Do Market Orders Guarantee a ...