Buy Stop Order & Sell Stop
These are orders to buy above the market price or sell below market price
Buy StopAn order to open buy at a price level above current market price
Sell Stop An order to sell at a price below the prevailing market price
Buy Stop Order and Sell Stop
These stop orders are used by traders that want to trade a setup like the consolidation pattern, but they do not want to wait all day watching the market prices of Gold until there is a price break out. Hence, these traders will use these orders to set pending orders above and below the consolidating prices & a price breakout in any of the direction will execute one of these pending orders and a buy trade or a sell trade position will be automatically opened.
Buy Stop
An example illustration of a buy stop order is displayed below.
In the exemplification a buy stop pending was put to open buy at a price level above the prevailing market price.
The price then moved up to hit the buy stop order, & afterwards the price continued to move upward.
Placing a Buy Stop Order above a Resistance Level
Placing a Buy Stopabove a Price Consolidation
A buy signal was derived/generated from the above stop order setups, when price broke a resistance area in the first example and when there was an upwards breakout of prices after the price consolidation chart pattern in the second example.
Sell Stop
An example illustration of a sell stop order is displayed below.
In the illustration a sell stop order was put to sell at a price level below current price.
The price then moved down to hit the sell stop order, & afterwards the price continued to move downwards.
Placing a Sell Stopbelow a Resistance Level
Placing a Sell Stop Order below a Price Consolidation
A sell signal was derived/generated from the above stop order set-ups, when price broke a support level in the first illustration and when there was a downwards breakout of prices after the price consolidation chart pattern in the second example.
How to differentiate between stop orders and limit orders
It's easier to first of all remember one concept. The easier concept is that of Stop Orders - stop orders are set above & below the market price.
Setting Buy & Sell Stop Orders on MetaTrader 4 Software Platform
Open a Gold Trading Chart, Right Click on the Chart, Select New Order, & then follow the steps explained below:
Step 1: Choose Pending order like shown belowStep 2: Select Pending Order Menu as Show belowStep 3: Select Buy Stop or Sell Stop Step 4: Click "Place" Order
Steps to Setting Buy Stop or Sell Stop Orders in MetaTrader 4 Platform Software
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