#OrderTypes101 Market order: Immediate buy or sell at the best available price.
✅ Quick execution
❌ No control over the exact price
Limit order: Buy or sell at a specific price or better.
✅ Control over the price
❌ Does not guarantee execution
Stop order (or stop-loss): A market order is activated upon reaching a specific price.
✅ Limits losses or secures profits
❌ May execute at a worse price in volatile markets
Stop-limit order: Combines stop and limit. When activated, it triggers a limit order.
✅ More control than a simple stop
❌ Risk of not executing if the price moves quickly
OCO order (One Cancels the Other): Two orders; if one executes, the other is canceled.
✅ Useful for profit-taking or stop-loss scenarios
❌ More complex to set up