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 ...

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Direct Edge has come out with an audio-visual guide to its order types. At a time when both trading executives and regulatory officials are concerned that a surplus of exchange order types is making ...