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You want to sell a Google share. You believe that Google’s share price is currently too low. You would sell the Google share if its price is at least 2% above the current level. What type of order should you place?
a limit buy order | ||
a market sell order | ||
a limit sell order | ||
a market buy order |
If you place a market order, the stock will be sold at the current market price itself. As you wish to sell the shares, we will place a sell and not a buy order. A limit sell order will sell the stock for a specified price or higher. Hence, our condition is satisfied. Therefore,
The order you should place is-
A limit sell order