Limit order
A limit order buys or sells only at a set price or better, so you control the price but it may never fill.
A buy limit fills at the limit or lower; a sell limit fills at the limit or higher. Unfilled orders wait in the order book until filled, cancelled or expired.
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Price-point orders let you invest on a dip or take profit when a person hits a price you choose.
Related terms
- Market order: A market order buys or sells straight away at the best price available, trading certainty of filling for certainty of price.
- Stop-loss order: A stop-loss order sells automatically once a stock falls to a set price, to cap how much you can lose.
- Order book: An order book is the live list of buy and sell orders waiting at each price for a stock.
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