Plain-English Definition
What it means
A stop-limit order triggers at a stop price and then becomes a limit order. It combines a trigger with price control.
Order Lab Topic
Stop-Limit Order
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Order Protection
What it protects
It protects against uncontrolled execution price, but it may not fill if the market moves beyond the limit.
Mechanics
How it works
Review the stop, limit, spread, volatility, and whether the client values price control over execution certainty.
Order Context
How it shows up
A client wants protection but also a minimum sale price. The learner should explain that the order may remain unfilled.
Review Action
What to do
Confirm both prices, explain non-execution risk, and document the instruction clearly.
Common Mistakes
What to avoid
- Submitting before every ticket field is checked.
- Confusing order entry with execution.
- Promising a fill, price, cancellation, or correction before the system confirms it.
- Ignoring partial fills, rejected orders, timing rules, or open-order status.
Order Review Frame
Check the order before you react
A clean order review separates instruction, ticket, status, execution, and record. The learner should be able to say what the client wanted, what was entered, what the system shows, what has already happened, and what action is still available.
Topic Checklist
Before you mark this complete
- Define the order concept in plain English.
- Confirm account, authority, symbol, side, quantity, price condition, and time rule.
- Identify whether the order is pending, open, filled, partially filled, canceled, rejected, or expired.
- Separate client instruction from system result.
- Choose whether to continue, wait, cancel, replace, document, or escalate.
Ready Check
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