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Orders, Execution & Market Structure

Stop-Loss Order

A resting instruction that becomes an active order only once the price reaches a stated trigger level, used to cap a loss.

For a long position: trigger below the entry price; for a short position: trigger above it qualitative
Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns

Breakdown

A move of price below a defined support level or the lower boundary of a range.

Test: price closes below the defined level, conventionally by a stated margin or on above-average volume qualitative
Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns

Breakout

A move of price above a defined resistance level or the upper boundary of a range.

Test: price closes above the defined level, conventionally by a stated margin or on above-average volume qualitative
Market Basics & Instruments

Day Low

The lowest price at which a security traded during the current session.

Day Low = minimum executed trade price between the session open and the current moment
Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns

Descending Triangle

A formation with a flat lower boundary and a falling upper boundary, so the range narrows downward toward a point.

Test: two or more lows at approximately the same level, with successively lower highs converging on them qualitative
Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns

Gap Down

An opening price below the previous period's low, leaving an unfilled space on the chart.

Test: Current Open < Previous Low %
Orders, Execution & Market Structure

Bracket Order

A three-part intraday order that places an entry together with a linked profit target and stop-loss, cancelling one when the other fills.

Bracket = Entry Order + Target Limit Order + Stop-Loss Order, with target and stop mutually cancelling qualitative