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A stop-limit order is an order to buy or sell a stock that combines the features of a stop order and a limit order. Once the stop price is reached, a stop-limit order becomes a limit order that will be executed at a specified price (or better). [12]
Market order vs. limit order. ... instructs your broker to execute your trade of a security at the best available price at the moment you send in your order. If you’re buying, you’ll transact ...
The bid–ask spread (also bid–offer or bid/ask and buy/sell in the case of a market maker) is the difference between the prices quoted (either by a single market maker or in a limit order book) for an immediate sale and an immediate purchase for stocks, futures contracts, options, or currency pairs in some auction scenario.
Large limit orders can be "front-run" by "penny jumping". For example, if a buy limit order for 100,000 shares for $1.00 is announced to the market, many traders may seek to buy for $1.01. If the market price increases after their purchases, they will get the full amount of the price increase.
For Buy on Stop orders, a market buy order is triggered when the market price of the stock rises to or above the stop price. In addition, if a Stop Limit is also indicated in the stop order, the resultant order will be a corresponding limit order as opposed to a market order.
All or none (AON) is a finance term used in investment banking or securities transactions that refers to "an order to buy or sell a stock that must be executed in its entirety, or not executed at all". [1] Partial execution is not acceptable; the order will execute "only if there are enough shares available in a single transaction to cover it".
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A central limit order book (CLOB) [1] is a trading method used by most exchanges globally using the order book and a matching engine to execute limit orders.It is a transparent system that matches customer orders (e.g. bids and offers) on a 'price time priority' basis.