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Basics

Pending order

A pending order is an instruction to open a position later, when the price reaches a level you set. The four basic types are buy limit, sell limit, buy stop and sell stop.

Also called: entry order, limit order, stop order

Hypothetical example

Hypothetically, EUR/USD is at 1.1000 and you place a buy limit at 1.0950. Nothing happens unless the price falls to 1.0950; if it never does, the order is not filled.

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