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A Limit Forex Order is an order to buy or sell at a specified price or a better price than the specified price.
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Index 1. What is a Limit Forex Order? 1. Buy Limit Forex Order 2. Sell Limit Forex Order 2. Pro & Con of Limit Order
What is a Limit Forex Order? • A Limit Forex Order is an order to buy or sell at a specified price or a better price than the specified price. • Limit orders have two types of component- buy limit Forex order and sell limit Forex order (Buy Limit and Sell Limit).
Limit orders are of two types 1. Buy Limit Forex Order 2. Sell Limit Forex Order
A Buy Limit is used when the trader looks that the prices of the asset will fall down initially before they start to increase again. • If the prices will fall down before they increase, a market buy order cannot be used because this will cause the immediate negative value to the position.
There is no way of knowing before initiating a trade how negative a position can become before recovery. • Therefore a buy limit is set up by using an entry price which is lower than the market price.
A Sell Limit is used when the trader looks that the price of the asset will first be unfavorable before it falls. • If prices increase before they fall, a market sell order will cause the position to have an immediate negative value. To avoid this, a Sell Limit is used.
Pro & Con of Limit Order • Pro: It will be at your stated price or better • Con: May take some time to fill and sometimes it doesn’t fill at all if the price is moving too quickly.