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Market vs Limit Orders: Why Your Trade Price Can Surprise You
Market orders, limit orders and stop orders make different trade-offs. Learn why a quoted share price can differ from your execution price, how partial fills work, and why a stop price is not a guaranteed exit.
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Market orders, limit orders and stop orders make different trade-offs. Learn why a quoted share price can differ from your execution price, how partial fills work, and why a stop price is not a guaranteed exit.
Our cartoon cast walks through fictional share examples and a practical order-status check. This explains order mechanics, not what to invest in or a trading strategy. Availability, triggering rules, fees and execution conditions depend on your broker and trading venue.
00:00 The quote is not a price lock 00:57 How market orders fill 01:52 Limit prices and partial fills 02:47 Stop versus stop-limit orders 03:40 Verify fills and cancellations
Sources: https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins/investor-bulletins-14 https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/getting-started/investing-your-own/online-investing
General financial education. Fictional cartoon characters and AI-assisted visuals/voices.
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Further mechanism references (national examples, not universal rules): https://www.finra.org/investors/investing/investment-products/stocks/order-types https://www.finra.org/investors/insights/time-parameters-qualifiers-stock-orders
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