Margin Order Types
The basic landscape in Forex trading involves a number of order types that facilitate efficient transactions. Below, we have defined several of the most common terms.
1. Limit
A limit order is commonly used to enter or exit markets at a specified price or better than the market price. In addition, a limit order allows the trader to manage the length of time that the order is current or outstanding before it is canceled.
2. Stop if Bid
A Stop if Bid order is used to buy or sell a currency is the Bid price breaches the specific level in the price field. Typically, Stop if Bid orders are used to buy a Forex position in order to make sure a certain level is broken.
3. Stop if Offer
A Stop if Offer order is used to buy or sell a currency is the Ask price breaches the specific level in the price field. Typically, Stop if Offer orders are used to sell a Forex position in order to make sure a certain level is broken.
Linking orders offers traders a logical aggregation of order types that outline contingencies in market participation, making it much easier to trade in moving markets.
4. One Cancels Other (OCO)
This most common linked order, OCO, stipulates that if one part of the order is executed, then the other part is automatically canceled. In Forex trading, OCO often refers to a buy order and sell order linked together so that when one of the orders is executed, the other is canceled. Consider the OCO as follows: the trader protects an existing position from loss (stop order) and ensures that profits are taken (limit order).
5. If Done (ID)
These contingent trade orders, also known as slave orders become active only if the primary order is executed first. An example would be a working order to buy EURUSD at 1.2500 and a contingent order to sell at 1.2400 Stop if Bid – if the first order is done.
6. Trailing Stop
A Trailing Stop Order is a stop order that has a trigger price that changes with the spot price. As the Forex online market rises (for long positions) the stop price rises according to the proportion set by the user, but if the market price falls, the stop price remains unchanged. This type of stop order helps an investor to set a limit on the maximum possible loss without limiting the possible gain on a position. It also reduces the need to constantly monitor the market prices of open positions.
7. Tom-Next
Spot Forex positions are traded with a standard Value Date of 2 business days – the theoretical delivery date for the currency exchange if we were going to take delivery of a currency. For example, positions opened on Monday would have a Value Date of Wednesday.
As we are speculating on Forex and not actually taking delivery (settlement), positions are never allowed to reach their Value Date and are 'Rolled Over' to a new Value Date instead. So if the position we opened on Monday is still open on Tuesday, it will be closed then reopened again immediately at almost the same market price with the new Value Date of Thursday.
1. Limit
A limit order is commonly used to enter or exit markets at a specified price or better than the market price. In addition, a limit order allows the trader to manage the length of time that the order is current or outstanding before it is canceled.
2. Stop if Bid
A Stop if Bid order is used to buy or sell a currency is the Bid price breaches the specific level in the price field. Typically, Stop if Bid orders are used to buy a Forex position in order to make sure a certain level is broken.
3. Stop if Offer
A Stop if Offer order is used to buy or sell a currency is the Ask price breaches the specific level in the price field. Typically, Stop if Offer orders are used to sell a Forex position in order to make sure a certain level is broken.
Linking orders offers traders a logical aggregation of order types that outline contingencies in market participation, making it much easier to trade in moving markets.
4. One Cancels Other (OCO)
This most common linked order, OCO, stipulates that if one part of the order is executed, then the other part is automatically canceled. In Forex trading, OCO often refers to a buy order and sell order linked together so that when one of the orders is executed, the other is canceled. Consider the OCO as follows: the trader protects an existing position from loss (stop order) and ensures that profits are taken (limit order).
5. If Done (ID)
These contingent trade orders, also known as slave orders become active only if the primary order is executed first. An example would be a working order to buy EURUSD at 1.2500 and a contingent order to sell at 1.2400 Stop if Bid – if the first order is done.
6. Trailing Stop
A Trailing Stop Order is a stop order that has a trigger price that changes with the spot price. As the Forex online market rises (for long positions) the stop price rises according to the proportion set by the user, but if the market price falls, the stop price remains unchanged. This type of stop order helps an investor to set a limit on the maximum possible loss without limiting the possible gain on a position. It also reduces the need to constantly monitor the market prices of open positions.
7. Tom-Next
Spot Forex positions are traded with a standard Value Date of 2 business days – the theoretical delivery date for the currency exchange if we were going to take delivery of a currency. For example, positions opened on Monday would have a Value Date of Wednesday.
As we are speculating on Forex and not actually taking delivery (settlement), positions are never allowed to reach their Value Date and are 'Rolled Over' to a new Value Date instead. So if the position we opened on Monday is still open on Tuesday, it will be closed then reopened again immediately at almost the same market price with the new Value Date of Thursday.
8. Spot Trades
A spot Forex trade is an immediate execution of one currency against another at an agreed rate, settlement of which traditionally takes place two business days later. Finexo offers spot trading on streaming real-time prices for over 150 different currency crosses, with deep liquidity on the most liquid currency pairs.
In the Forex Trade module, if the Bid/Ask fields are highlighted green, then the platform is delivering a live-tradable price.
9. Forward Outright
A Forward Outright is a trade that will commence at an agreed upon date (in the future). There is no centralized exchange for Forwards and forward trading is often customized to meet the needs of the buyer and seller. Forward Outrights are expressed as a price above (premium) or below (discount) the spot rate. The forward Forex price is the sum of the spot price and the margin. This price is a reflection of the Forex rate at the forward date where if the trade were executed at that rate there would be no profit or loss.
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