market orders
Buy now instructions
A market order is an instruction to buy or sell a security immediately at the best available current price.
Unlike limit orders, which specify a price threshold, market orders prioritize speed of execution over price control.
I placed a market order for 100 shares and it filled within seconds.
In fast-moving markets, the executed price may differ from the quoted price at the moment the order was placed—a phenomenon called slippage.
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