The stock market lets investors trade shares in thousands of companies. These assets can gain value, provide cash flow and fortify retirement plans. The timing you buy and sell stocks impacts your ...

Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree from Bridgewater State University and helps develop content strategies. A not-held order ...

A market order instructs an investor’s digital broker to buy or sell a stock at the best available price as soon as possible. What Is a Market order and How Does It Work? Do Market Orders Guarantee a ...

Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. When you place a stock trade, ...

A limit order is an order to buy or sell a security at a certain price or better. When placing a limit order, investors specify a maximum price they are willing to buy for or a minimum price they are ...

In all of the debates and rhetoric surrounding the dangers of electronic trading, the industry has lost sight of the simple obligation of the broker to protect the customer’s order. The market ...

There’s more going on in the stock market than either 100 or thousand point swoons. On a deeper market structure issue, IEX has received some much-needed and appreciated support for its D Limit order ...

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 ...

When traders place an order, it will be either executed or it will expire depending on the instructions given with the order. Time in force sets the instructions for how long an order sits as an ...

There was a time when orders for securities were straight forward – buy, sell, limit and perhaps a few variations. Now, however, there is a multiplicity of order types as Michael Lewis points out in ...