Part IX: Appendices
Appendix B: Types of Orders and Other Trader Terminology
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- All or None (AON)
- Ask
- Bid
- Day Order
- Downtick
- Fill or Kill (FOK)
- Good ‘Til Canceled Order (GTC) or Open Order
- Immediate or Cancel (IOC)
- Leaves
- Limit, Limited Order, or Limited Price Order
- Liquidity
- Long
- Market on Close (MOC)
- Market Order
- Not Held
- Odd Lot
- Offer
- Opening Only or OPG
- Pegged Market
- Pull Back
- Quote
- Relative
- Round Lot
- Scale
- Scale Order
- Seat
- Short
- Short Covering
- Short Sale
- Stock Ahead
- Stop Limit Order
- Stop Order
- Time in Force
- Uptick or Plus Tick
- VWAP
- An Order Ticket usually includes the following:
- Contract Description
- Underlying
- Exchange
- Security Type: Stock, Option, Future, Future Option, Warrant, Cash, Index, Bond
- Currency
- Expiration Date
- Strike Price
- Option Type: Call/Put
- Action: Buy/Sell
- Order Description:
- Order Type: Limit, Stop, Stop Limit, Market, MOC, MOO, IOC, FOK, AON, etc.
- Quantity
- Limit Price
- Stop Price
- Time in Force: Day/GTC, Good after Time, Expiration Date and Time, Regular Trading Hours Only?
Proceed to Appendix B: Types of Orders and Other Trader Terminology (in Kirkpatrick and Dahlquist)
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