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  2. Market order vs. limit order: How they differ and which type ...

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    A limit order works better when: You want a specific price. If you’re looking to get a specific price for your stock, a limit order will ensure that the trade does not happen unless you get that ...

  3. Order (exchange) - Wikipedia

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    A limit order is an order to buy a security at no more than a specific price, or to sell a security at no less than a specific price (called "or better" for either direction). This gives the trader (customer) control over the price at which the trade is executed; however, the order may never be executed ("filled"). [ 3 ]

  4. Order flow trading - Wikipedia

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    Order Flow traders can see both Limit orders and Market orders being placed, footprint charts show only executed market orders and therefore show the actual volume of buyers and sellers. [ 5 ] limit orders are price points where traders have ordered to buy or sell a stock, these orders will not get executed unless the price of the market hits ...

  5. Order matching system - Wikipedia

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    An order matching system or simply matching system is an electronic system that matches buy and sell orders for a stock market, commodity market or other financial exchanges. The order matching system is the core of all electronic exchanges and are used to execute orders from participants in the exchange. Orders are usually entered by members ...

  6. Front running - Wikipedia

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    Large limit orders can be "front-run" by "order matching" or "penny jumping". For example, if a buy limit order for 100,000 shares for $1.00 is announced to the market, many traders may seek to buy for $1.01. If the market price increases after their purchases, they will get the full amount of the price increase.

  7. High-frequency trading - Wikipedia

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    HFT firms characterize their business as "Market making" – a set of high-frequency trading strategies that involve placing a limit order to sell (or offer) or a buy limit order (or bid) in order to earn the bid-ask spread. By doing so, market makers provide a counterpart to incoming market orders.

  8. Central limit order book - Wikipedia

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    A central limit order book (CLOB)[ 1] is a trading method used by most exchanges globally using the order book and a matching engine to execute limit orders. It is a transparent system that matches customer orders (e.g. bids and offers) on a 'price time priority' basis. The highest ("best") bid order and the lowest ("cheapest") offer order ...

  9. Order book - Wikipedia

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    Bids (buyers) on the left, asks (sellers) on the right. An order book is the list of orders (manual or electronic) that a trading venue (in particular stock exchanges) uses to record the interest of buyers and sellers in a particular financial instrument. A matching engine uses the book to determine which orders can be fully or partially executed.