What Limit Price Should I Set on a Stock?
What limit price should I set? Price it off the bid and the ask, with the tick grid, the odd lot trap and live spread data showing where the number goes.
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Primary Peg vs Market Peg Orders Explained
Primary peg vs market peg orders: which side of the NBBO each tracks, where a buy rests on a 10.00 bid and 10.05 offer, and how offsets and caps re-price.
Trailing Stop vs Trailing Stop-Limit Orders
Trailing stop vs trailing stop-limit: the trigger ratchets the same way in both, and the gap down is where they split. Worked on real SPY and AAPL sessions.
Market Orders With Protection on CME Globex
A market order with protection on CME Globex sweeps only inside a protection band, then rests the remainder as a limit. Here is the mechanism, with data.
Forex Pending Order Types: Limits & Stops
Forex pending order types mapped: buy limit, sell limit, buy stop and sell stop, where each trigger sits, and what a weekend gap does to a stop fill.
How After-Market Orders Work: AMO vs Live
An after-market order is three different things. One trades in the extended session. One waits in a broker queue for the next pre-open. One just gets rejected.
Buy Stop vs Sell Stop Orders: How Each Fires
Buy stop vs sell stop orders: one rests above the market, one below, and each turns into a market order the moment its trigger is touched. See the gap math.
Limit Orders on Crypto Exchanges vs Stocks
How limit orders on crypto exchanges differ from a US stock broker: post-only flags, venue-local pricing, maker taker fees, and a 24/7 book with no open.
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.
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.