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--- desktop:desktop_limit_order [2025/04/03 18:18] – rob
+++ desktop:desktop_limit_order [2025/07/25 14:57] (current) – grant
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 ====== Limit Order ======
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+A limit order is an order to buy or sell a security at a specific price or better. It allows investors to control the price at which their trade is executed, providing a form of price protection.
-Limit orders are working in the market as soon as they are submitted. If a limit order trades it will be filled at the limit price or better.
+====== Submitting a Limit Order ======
-     -  **Set a volume greater than zero**. You can do this by using the Number picker or the Volume bar.
+     -  **Set a volume/lot size greater than zero**. You can do this by using the Number picker or the Volume bar.
   -     **Sell** Left Click in the Offer column at the desired price. You will be filled at the desired price or better. If you click on an existing offer volume then you will join the market at that price, if you click on an offer row below the current best bid price then your order should be filled straightaway at the best available price.
   -     **My O** This Shows your working offers in the market.
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   -     Right Click Right Clicking in the Bid or Offer columns does the same as left clicking except that it will use the Right click volume for the order instead of the Left click volume. If the Right click volume is set as ‘Net’ then it will use your current position as the volume. See Setting Volumes for more information on Left and Right click volumes
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