stop order
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- /ˈstɑp ˈɔrdər/
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- When investing in stocks, using a stop order can help prevent significant losses if the market unexpectedly declines.
Certain exchanges have stopped offering stop order types.
- Certain exchanges have stopped offering stop order types.
- So if you had shorted a stock and you were worried that the price would go up and ruin you, you can leave with your broker a buy stop order to sell it.
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In the event you are just beginning with forex investing, once you set up your account using stop orders.
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Stop orders are apt to be more valuable and less treacherous if used in proper relation to the chart formation.
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This is the distribution of of returns you get when you are along a stock with a stop order in place.
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Certain exchanges have stopped offering stop order types.
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So if you had shorted a stock and you were worried that the price would go up and ruin you, you can leave with your broker a buy stop order to sell it.
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All stop orders were categorized as "Securities Offering." All 12(j) actions were coded as "Delinquent Filing" and excluded from the analysis.
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Investors often rely on a stop order to sell their shares automatically when the price drops to a certain point, ensuring they limit their potential losses.
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By setting a stop order at a specified price, traders can protect their investments from falling significantly below their purchase price.
Synonyms
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An instruction to automatically sell shares when their price falls to a set level to limit loss
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound clearly links 'stop' (ceasing) with 'order' (instruction), so a B1 learner could infer it is some kind of instruction to halt or limit an action. However, the precise financial sense — an instruction that is triggered at a specified price to limit losses or lock in profits — is technical and not fully derivable from the constituents without domain knowledge. Therefore the expression is only partially predictable.
Etymology
The term stop order comes from the idea of giving a broker an order with a set stop price. Imagine a sign on the price line that says 'stop here' — when the market reaches that point the broker will 'sell' or 'buy' for you, so you can 'limit losses' or protect a gain.