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What is an order on the stock exchange and why is it needed?
This is an application to a broker to buy or sell assets. Thanks to such operations, trading is carried out on the stock exchange. Technically, an order in trading is a command on a quote chart, where participants set the parameters of the transaction: action, amount, restrictions. If the market meets the specified conditions, the operation is completed.
Types of orders and their differences
Let’s consider three types:
- market;
- limit;
- Stop;
Market — orders to complete a transaction on the exchange at current prices. Sometimes, at the standard time of our interaction – 7-30 am London time, we send you a recommendation to “buy or sell at the market”. You go to your broker and make an operation. Sell or buy at the current rate, set the recommended Stop loss and Take profit.
Limit — an order to execute a transaction when the conditions set by the trader are met. For example, we are not satisfied with the current price of an asset, but there is an assumption that it should soon fall to the N level. We use a pending order: make a purchase when the price N is reached. If this condition is met, the order will be executed automatically.
Pending orders are divided into four types.
- buy-limit — purchase subject to price reduction and further growth. For example, according to our forecasts, the value of an asset should fall and then begin to rise again. Following the recommendation, you place an order at the expected value of the “lower” price and make a purchase as soon as the chart reaches this point.
- Sell limit – selling at a high price with the condition of its further decline. This is the opposite situation: we assume that the asset will reach a peak, after which it will begin to fall in price. The order is then set to the expected maximum value.
- Buy stop — purchase at a price higher than the current one with a forecast for its further increase. In the event of a prolonged increase in the value of an asset, this type of order will allow us to open a position at the maximum price allowed for us and make money on the subsequent rise in price.
- sell-stop — sale at a price lower than the current one with a forecast of its further reduction. In the event of a prolonged decline in the value of an asset, an order will allow you to sell it cheaply and then purchase it even cheaper.
Stop Loss orders are used to reduce transaction risks. We use this order to preserve profits, the second insures the investor against too large losses. Together with any order, be it a limit or a stop, with the help of which we open a position, that is, we buy or sell a currency pair or futures, we immediately place a stop-loss order “to perform a reverse operation at a given price.” For example, if we sold 100K EURO\USD at the rate of 1,0870, but the price of the currency pair did not go down, but on the contrary, then at the level of 1,0930 (for example) our stop loss order will be triggered, a purchase of 100K EUR\USD will be made and our the position will be closed.
Detailed instructions – training course for placing orders according to our recommendations HERE
What else do you need to know?
Training
We advise you to open a DEMO account with virtual money with any broker and practice for several days (or weeks) in placing orders, canceling orders, changing orders, monitoring your open positions, testing our competence. In detail, with illustrations and explanations, see our training course.
Instruments we will trade
- 9 major currency pairs.
- 5 “exotic” currency pairs.
- Three pairs of cryptocurrencies.
- options on currencies, both individual positions and hedging.
Which brokers do we recommend opening a trading account with?
You can open a virtual trading Demo account with any broker who provides such an opportunity. But if you decide to trade with your real money according to our recommendations, we advise you to look at the list of brokers that, in our opinion, are reliable. We also recommend reading our blog about brokers, starting with this this post
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