Gaps and limit/stop orders

Mishumo

会员从Apr 12, 2017开始 1帖子

Oct 05, 2017 at 07:23

会员从Apr 12, 2017开始 1帖子

Let's say I set a limit or stop order at a certain price - and there is a gap that overlaps the price - does the trade activate?

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TiffanyK

会员从Feb 12, 2016开始 394帖子

Oct 05, 2017 at 14:35

会员从Feb 12, 2016开始 394帖子

Yes. Your trade will be activated because the open price AFTER the gap will already overlap your limit. Doesn't matter that the price went up/down because of a gap.

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PinUpGal

会员从Aug 21, 2017开始 11帖子

Oct 06, 2017 at 09:29

会员从Aug 21, 2017开始 11帖子

You write a simple piece of code will prevent that on MT4

compuforexpamm

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Oct 06, 2017 at 10:06

会员从Aug 20, 2009开始 256帖子

Actually, don't count on it for a limit order. Stop order, no question......along with consequent slippage.

The price you see on a chart is the Bid price, so if you have a buy limit order(pending order at below market price), you may have the bid price open up with a gap well below your target price......typically gaps are caused by poor weekend liquidity(which also causes big spreads) and there is a chance that the Ask price(which is the price your order needs for a buy) may still be above your order price.

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BaldoN

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Oct 11, 2017 at 15:06

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It should be on the first available market price. In some brokers MM you may see nice execution in the gap :)

EURUSD	1.1326	GBPUSD	1.33295	AUDUSD	0.63884
USDJPY	144.199	USDCAD	1.38142	USDCHF	0.82612

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