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stop loss order [2 records]

Record 1 2010-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

... an order to buy or sell a stock once the price of the stock reaches a specified price, known as the stop price.

Key term(s)
  • stop-loss order
  • stop-market order

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Ordre de bourse exécutable lorsque le cours indiqué par le donneur d'ordre (le cours de déclenchement [...]) est franchi.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

An instruction to a broker to sell a particular security when its price falls to a specified level, in order to prevent a possible greater loss by continuing to hold it.

OBS

Compare with "stop-buy order".

Key term(s)
  • stop order to sell

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Ordre de vente d'un titre donné à un courtier pour se protéger contre un mouvement de baisse qui s'amorce.

Key term(s)
  • ordre mention stop
  • ordre à arrêt de perte

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
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