The Forex Market: Order Types

There are different types of orders that a Forex trader can use to trade in Forex.

We begin by explaining that the Market Order: This is the most basic type of order and commonly used. A market order is an order to buy or sell at the existing price of purchase or sale. When you want to enter a position in the market quickly, with the best price available at that moment, you should always place a market order. The disadvantage of a market order is that if the markets move quickly, in some occasions it can enter your order with a different price to that you wanted or was initially. But to explain more extensively see below for a list of various types of orders.

The types of commands you can use when trading are:

• Market Order (Market order): It is an order placed to enter or exit the market at current market price, may be the “Ask” the “Bid” or the quoted price at the time of execution. May be the sales price or purchase price.
• Limit Order (Order to ensure profit) is an order placed to enter or exit the market at an exact price or a better price without scrolling. It is when an traders sets the price at which you want to close your position and ensuring the resulting profit.
• Stop Loss Order (Order Stop to stop the loss) An order placed to enter or exit the market at an exact price which, once reaching that price and market order is executed. This is used in the event that the market is not in the expected direction for the trader. The trader sets the maximum amount (in terms of pips) that is willing to lose in a given operation.
• To gain (Take Profit): This is another command you can close your position for you automatically and is called take profit (Take Profit, sometimes abbreviated TP). A take profit order ensures that your position is closed if its price target is reached while you are away from your computer, or a fast-moving market where price can reach the target price with no time to react.

We recommend having both a stop and a target price, when you open a new position in The Forex Market. A trader can set a target price above the current price if you are in a long position and below the current price if you are on a short position. For long positions a trader should take profit order and executed when the price (bid) equal to the amount you set, and the price for short positions (ask) must equal the amount of the take profit order.

For a better understanding of the subject see the following example: a position opened at a price of 1.1502 (Purchase Order). The position is closed if the price drops to 1, under the stop loss order.1491. According to the order of limits, the position will be closed if the price reaches 1.1507. All that you set when you start the trading and can leave the computer while it has already established its limits, and so on.

Suppose you think the USD/CAD are trading at 1, in another example.2696/1.2699. Then you believe that the USD / CAD, which is currently trading at 1.2696/1.2699, will continue its upward trend. Moreover, he believes the pair could break above 1.2707, which would generate at least 50 pips. So you should place an entry order with a stop at 1.2707.

In other words we can say the following:

Yes you put a sell order above the market is called the stop order to lock in profits. A stop order to lock in profits or limit order is when you place an order below the market. Now, if you place a sell order below the market’s stop it is called stop-loss or stop order. Traders place orders above and below market, with orders to stop losses and lock in profits.

All entrances to the market must have three orders:

• Order Entry
• Order Out to stop potential losses
• Order start to ensure potential earnings.

If you want to enter the market by buying, you need two orders of sale. One for losses is called stop-loss order and a stop order to lock in profits or limit order. I mean, yes for some reason you decide to enter the market by buying you will want to place a protective stop-loss order or stop loss order, just in case it is not desired. But if the market is in your favor you’ll want to get away with what will be an order to sell for profit or limit order.

The execution procedures are really simple:

1.    One Cancels Other (OCO / One cancels the other): After entering the market place a stop order to lock in profits (Stop Limit) and a protective stop order or Stop loss. When executed, either the first or second cancels the other order, you can set it and forget about your computer for a while. OCO orders are a combination of both types of orders, with the price and the limit stop. When one order has been executed, the other is automatically canceled. OCO orders can be used in open positions or to open a new position

2.    Orders cancellation / replacement (Cancel / replace order): Any order that you cancel and replace with a new order.

3.    Order stop / reversal (Stop / reverse order), a stop / reversal is an order has been placed for execution at a certain price. When the price arrives the original position is liquidated and a new entry is generated in the opposite direction, so as to relocate the trading in the opposite direction and price of the stop order.

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