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 ...

When Dan Mathisson took his Series 7 exam in 1992 to become a broker, there were half a dozen order types: the market order, the limit order and a few others. Now, BATS Global Markets says it says it ...

The stock market is unnecessarily complex, and the thousands of exchange order types are partly to blame. That was a recurring frustration expressed by industry professionals during two weeks of ...

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 ...

Market orders are standard crypto trades. It’s a simple command to buy or sell a cryptocurrency at the best available price on that exchange. In practice, that means buying or selling a cryptocurrency ...

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