Trade Stock Indices

How Can I Place a Pending Order in MT4 Platform

There are specific forms of stock orders which a inventory indices dealer can use to change in Index.

At the foundation of successful indices trading is making use of correct indices order for its correct purpose. The most critical things to remember about is: Always understand stock orders you place. Never place a order which as a trader you're not completely knowledgeable about. Shown below are some basic meanings of the commonly used types of stock orders:

Types of Trading Market Orders & Pending Orders

Market Stock Trade Order

This is the simplest kind of stock order: market order is used to buy or sell at the current price. This is the price you see on your trading platform.

This kind of stock order is used to buy or sell based on the current price shown in Stock Index Trade: it happens right away. When you want to get in on something, you can quickly buy and sell indices with a stock market order.

Entry Orders

These are stock orders to start a new position. They wait for the market to hit a price you set.

Entry orders are used to buy/sell indices when it reaches a certain price target.

When price hits or passes a set level, a pending entry order activates.

These Entry Orders are used to enter into a trade at a specified price level. It's almost impossible to monitor the stock market every second & this is why an entry order can be handy. If you feel the stock trading market may take a certain action, such as break through a particular stock price level that it has been touching(testing) but it has not been able to break, you'd want to use an Entry Limit Order. Once the stock trading market crosses your specified level, your entry limit indices trade order is executed.

There are two sorts of access orders - restrict & forestall entry order.

These entry orders are also known as pending stock orders.

Entry Limit Order

An order either buying or selling at one price.

An entry limit order can be used to open a buy trade below the prevailing stock price or sell above the ruling price.

When executing a buy order via a limit mechanism, the trade is placed only if the stock price declines to your specified limit price.

Conversely, when placing a sell order using a limit function, the transaction is initiated only if the stock price appreciates to your defined limit level.

Traders set entry limit orders when they think the market will rebound from a certain price level.

  • Buy Limit Specifies to execute buy trade at a level that is below the ruling market price

  • Sell Limit Specifies to open a sell position at a level that is above the prevailing market price

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Entry Stop Indices Order

An entry stop order serves to initiate a buy trade above the current stock price or to open a sell trade beneath the prevailing price.

When executing a buy, the entry stop is activated as the stock market rises and reaches the buy stop level.

For a sell, the entry stop order runs when the stock market falls to the sell stop.

  • Buy Stop Stock OrderSpecifies to open buy trade at a level that is above the present price.

  • Sell Stop Indices OrderSpecifies to open sell trade at a level that is below the present price.

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