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Definition of Stop-loss order
1. Noun. An order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level.
Definition of Stop-loss order
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of stop loss order) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stop-loss Order
Literary usage of Stop-loss order
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wall Street Accounting: A Description of the Business of Brokerage, Its by Frederick Simson Todman (1921)
"This he can do by entering a stop-loss order with his broker. ... If the security
later sells at that higher price, the stop-loss order is immediately ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"Our New York office informs us that they have, In the mean time entered a stop
loss order at 74%. The stock closed at 79." October 7, 1907: "Atlantic Coast ..."
3. Money and Investments; a Reference Book for the Use of Those Desiring by Montgomery Rollins (1907)
"In other words, when the " stop loss order " goes into effect it means that a
sale will be made at the best price obtainable at the time. ..."
4. Materials of Corporation Finance by Charles William Gerstenberg (1915)
"If a stop loss order is in, however, the loss is confined to ... He may then
place a stop loss order below the market if he is long or above the market if ..."
5. Materials of Corporation Finance by Charles William Gerstenberg (1915)
"If a stop loss order is in, however, the loss is confined to ... He may then
place a stop loss order below the market if he is long or above the market if ..."
6. The Financial Organization of Society by Harold Glenn Moulton (1921)
"A stop loss order for the purchase or sale of a stock means that the purchase or
sale, as the case may be, is to be made "at the market" when a certain ..."
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