Different Types of Market Orders (Part I)
Forex markets are open 24 hours a day, five days a week except on weekends. You cannot sit in front of your computer screen all the day watching the markets move. Currency traders use market orders to catch market movements when they are not in front of their screens. A market move is just likely to happen while you are asleep or in the shower as while you are sitting in front of your computer screen.
Trading can be very difficult without these market orders. Market orders are very critical to your trading success in the currency markets. Think of them as trades waiting to happen. If you enter an order and the subsequent price action triggers its execution, you are in the market so be as careful as possible while playing with the market orders.
Professional currency traders routinely use market orders to limit risk in volatile or uncertain markets, implement a trade strategy from entry to exit, capture sharp short term price fluctuations and preserve trading capital from unwanted loss. Market orders are essential for maintaining trading discipline and your peace of mind as a trader.
Forex markets can be notoriously volatile and difficult to predict. While limiting the impact of any adverse price movements, using market orders can help you capitalize on short term price movements.
You probably dont have a well thought out trading plan if you dont use market orders. A disciplined use of market orders will help you quantify the risk that you are taking while there is no guarantee that the use of market orders will limit your losses and protect your profits in all market conditions. It will also give you the peace of mind in trading.
Multiple types of market orders are available in forex markets to forex traders. However, you should know that not all market orders are available at all online forex brokers. So when you open an account with a forex broker, you should add the market orders to the list of questions you need to ask the broker.
Take Profit Orders: Use the take profit order to lock in profits when you have an open position in the market. An old market saying, You cant go broke taking profits. If you are long EUR/USD at 1.2845, your take profit order will be to sell the position somewhere higher close to 1.2875. Suppose you are short GBP/USD at 1.2354. Your take profit order will be to buy back the position and be place somewhere below 1.2334. Making you a profit of 20 pips!
Limit Orders: Dont forget the saying, Buy low and sell high. A limit order is any market order that triggers a trade at more favorable levels than the current market price. The limit order must be placed somewhere above the current market price if the limit order is to sell. The limit order must be entered somewhere below the current market price if the order is to sell.
