stop order
Definition
Client's order to a broker to buy or sell a commodity or security when a specified price is reached, either above (on a buy order) or below (on a sell order) the price current at the time the order is given. A stop order to sell becomes a market order when the item is offered at or below the specified price. A stop order to buy becomes a market order when the item is bid at or above the specified price. See also limit order.
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stop order is in the Commodities & Precious Metals Trading, Currency Trading, Investing and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
stop order appears in the definitions of the following terms: stop loss order, limit order, market order, stop buy order, order and stop limit order
stop order appears in these other term: buy stop order
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