Results for “Stop-Loss Order”
7 terms
Stop-Loss Order
Orders, Execution & Market Structure
qualitative
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
Breakdown
Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns
qualitative
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
Breakout
Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns
qualitative
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
Day Low
Market Basics & Instruments
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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
Descending Triangle
Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns
qualitative
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
Gap Down
Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns
%
An opening price below the previous period's low, leaving an unfilled space on the chart.
Test: Current Open < Previous Low
Bracket Order
Orders, Execution & Market Structure
qualitative
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