#OrderTypes101 When you buy or sell assets like stocks, cryptocurrencies, or currencies, you use different types of orders that determine how and when your trade is executed.
Types of Orders:
✓🟢 Market Order
Buy or sell immediately at the best available price.
✅ Fast
❌ No control over the price
✓🟡 Limit Order
Buy or sell at a specific price or better.
✅ Full control of the price
❌ May not be executed
✓🔴 Stop Order (Stop-Loss)
Triggers when the price reaches a certain level and becomes a market order.
✅ Protects against losses
❌ May execute at a worse price
✓🟠 Stop-Limit Order
Just like a stop, but it becomes a limit order.
✅ More precision
❌ May not be executed
✓🔵 Trailing Stop
The sell level automatically adjusts with the market price.
✅ Secures profits
❌ Does not protect against sharp declines
✓⚫ FOK, IOC, GTC (Advanced Orders)
Used more by professional traders.
Allow conditions like "all or nothing", partial immediate execution, or keeping the order active for longer.