Can You Cancel a Limit Order Before It Fills
Can you cancel a limit order? Usually yes, but a cancel is a request that races the fill. Here are the four outcomes you will meet and what decides each one.
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Why a Limit Order Didn't Fill: 5 Causes
The tape printed your price and your order is still open. Here are the five reasons a limit order didn't fill, in order of how often each one happens.
Buy Limit vs Sell Limit Orders Explained
Buy limit vs sell limit orders: a buy limit is a ceiling at or below the market, a sell limit is a floor at or above it. See all four cases on one quote.
Marketable vs Non-Marketable Limit Orders
A marketable limit order fills now at a capped price; a non-marketable one rests in the book. See the split at the NBBO with real quote and fill data.
Stop Order vs Limit Order: Trigger or Price
Stop order vs limit order, explained: a stop is a trigger that becomes a market order, a limit is a price ceiling or floor. Worked fills for each, with data.
Futures Block Trades and CME Minimums
A futures block trade is privately negotiated away from the order book. How CME Rule 526 minimums work, and why your chart never showed the trade.
Stop Order vs Stop-Limit Order: How Each Fills
A stop order becomes a market order and fills at any price. A stop-limit becomes a limit order and can miss the exit entirely. Five years of gap data show it.
Market Order vs Limit Order, Measured
A market order fills now at the best available price; a limit order caps your price but may not fill. Real quote data shows what each choice costs in dollars.
What Is VWAP? Volume-Weighted Average Price
VWAP stands for volume-weighted average price. Definition: price times volume divided by total volume, reset daily. What it means on a real trading day.