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stop-loss order

stop-loss order

1 5.8
An instruction to automatically sell shares when their price falls to a set level to limit loss
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : orden de stop-loss
  • Well, our take away is what if, if, if, if having a stop loss order in the books does that to your distribution.

In practice, if a deal does break, the stock falls almost instantly, and things like stop loss orders just won't help you at all in situations like that.

Examples

  • In practice, if a deal does break, the stock falls almost instantly, and things like stop loss orders just won't help you at all in situations like that.

  • Where are the stop-loss orders?

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  • Use stop-loss order in your trading.

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  • A stop-loss order can protect your investment by automatically selling shares when the price drops to a certain level.

  • Investors often use a stop-loss order to limit potential losses on a trade by selling when prices decline.

  • By setting a stop-loss order, you ensure that your shares are sold automatically if their value falls below your predetermined threshold.

Synonyms

stop order
vsstop-loss order
  • Specialized
1 5.8

An instruction to sell or buy shares at a set price to limit losses and protect gains

has identical meaning but uses different wording

How Protective

stop-limit order
  • Specialized
8.4
stop-loss order
  • Specialized
1 5.8
stop order
  • Specialized
1 5.8
market order
  • Specialized
1 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

stop-loss + order

The compound clearly combines 'stop' + 'loss' with 'order', so a learner who knows those words can infer it is an instruction intended to stop or limit losses — the basic purpose is compositional and cross-linguistically transparent. However, the precise financial mechanism (an automated price-triggered instruction to sell or buy) is technical and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so full understanding requires domain knowledge.

Etymology

Stop-loss order is named for what it does: you give an order to stop a loss by automatically selling when the price falls to a level you choose. That's why it means 'an instruction to limit losses'.