stop loss order

stop loss order
A conditional order placed with a stockbroker (or similar) to close ones position if the market drops to a specified price level.

The shares are currently trading at $4.40 and he has issued a stop loss order to sell if they fall to $4.20.

See Also: buy stop order

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  • stop-loss order — noun an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level • Syn: ↑stop order • Hypernyms: ↑order, ↑purchase order * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • stop loss order — An order given by an investor to a broker to sell a financial instrument, commodity, etc., when its price falls to a specified level in order to limit loss …   Accounting dictionary

  • stop-loss order — An order placed with a broker in a security or commodity market to close an open position at a specified price in order to limit a loss. It may be used in a volatile market, especially by a speculator, if the market looks as if it might move… …   Big dictionary of business and management

  • stop-loss order — See stop order. * * * …   Universalium

  • stop-loss order — /stɒp lɒs ˌɔ:də/ noun an instruction to a stockbroker to sell a share if the price falls to a certain level (NOTE: The US term is stop order.) …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • stop loss order — See stop order …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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