Understand how buy limit and sell stop orders work, and see how they help traders plan entry and exit strategies for more ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Effective from today, the new sweep order types will allow participants to access the dark, periodic auction and lit order books without the need to submit multiple orders. Cboe has introduced new ...

On October 2, the Nasadaq Stock Market filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change that would create a set of trading instructions known as an Intraday Net Asset Value ...

Exchanges are going dark. Faced with growing competition from so-called dark pools, the nation’s stock exchanges are offering traders hiding places of their own. In recent months, Nasdaq, NYSE Arca ...

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 ...

If you want to take your trading to the next level, then it’s important to understand the different types of orders you can use with your online broker. Think it’s as easy as “buy” or “sell”? Think ...