stop-loss order

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stop-loss order - an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level

stop order

purchase order, order - a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for a hundred computers"

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For example, setting a stop-loss order for 10 per cent below the price you paid for a stock will limit your loss to 10pc if the stock plummets.

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A stop-loss order becomes a market order when a security trades at or below the order price.

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He most recent tour was in Iraq and was involuntarily extended under the Army's stop-loss order.

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Another target for Kerry is the backdoor draft Bush has instituted with his stop-loss order compelling soldiers to stay in Iraq after their term of enlistment has expired.

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The lawsuit states that the stop-loss order was invoked after the 2001 terrorist attacks in the climate of an ongoing threat.

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If you bought a stock at $22 and are worried about it falling too low, you might place a stop-loss order to sell on it at $20.

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The stop-loss order is being implemented across active duty, the Air Force Ready Reserve and the Air National Guard for affected career fields in the ranks of airman through colonel, the Air Force said.

USAF TO KEEP PILOTS, OTHERS WAR THREAT RETAINS TROOPS ON ACTIVE DUTY

My dumbest investment was buying TTM Technologies without a stop-loss order on it.

Value of stop-loss orders

CPAs should recommend that clients always have a stop-loss order on a stock.

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As it announced a stop-loss order last spring, the Air Force noted in an official news bulletin that "this action, while essential to meeting the service's worldwide obligations, is inconsistent with the fundamental principles of voluntary service.

Reviving the draft: with roughly half of our Army committed to the Iraq occupation, and additional geopolitical challenges looming on the horizon, the return of conscription is a very real possibility

The stop-loss order allows the military services to retain individuals on active duty beyond their date their enlistments expire.