Stocks for Breakfast | Limit Order Types

Today's video is a follow up from last night's coaching call and order types. Specifically around the topic of the multiple uses of limit orders.

A limit order is an order to buy or sell a stock at a specific price or better. A buy limit order can only be executed at the limit price or lower, and a sell limit order can only be executed at the limit price or higher.

A limit order is not guaranteed to execute. A limit order can only be filled if the stock’s market price reaches the limit price. While limit orders do not guarantee execution, they help ensure that an investor does not pay more than a pre-determined price for a stock.

The stop-limit order will be executed at a specified price, or better, after a given stop price has been reached.

Once the stop price is reached, the stop-limit order becomes a limit order to buy or sell at the limit price or better.