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stop-buy order [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

An order to a stock-broker to buy a specific number of shares of a company once the shares reach a certain price. Once the price is reached, the shares are automatically purchased on a stock exchange.

OBS

It is put in by a person who has sold a security short, as an attempt to reduce loss (or protect a profit) should the price rise unexpectedly.

OBS

Compare with "stop-loss order".

Key term(s)
  • stop order to buy
  • buy-stop order

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Ordre d'achat d'un certain nombre d'actions d'une entité donné à un courtier pour participer à un mouvement de hausse des cours.

OBS

Un client qui a vendu à découvert place un ordre de ce genre afin d'essayer de limiter sa perte ou, le cas échéant, de protéger son profit si le cours du titre qu'il a vendu venait à monter de façon imprévue.

Spanish

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