Execution in trading means finalizing buy or sell orders. Explore various types of orders and examples to enhance your market knowledge.

A limit order is an order to buy or sell a security at a certain price or better. When placing a limit order, investors specify a maximum price they are willing to buy for or a minimum price they are ...

Of all the regulatory requirements that traders need to follow, “best execution” is typically the vaguest and the least understood. Rules such as Regulation NMS, which only require firms to “protect” ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. A discretionary order is an order condition that gives a broker some latitude for its execution in terms of ...