A sell on-stop order is designed to become active when the security trades at or through a specified trigger price below the current market. Once the $50 stop price is reached, the order generally becomes a market order and seeks execution at the best available price. Option C most closely matches the client’s instruction.
The order can help limit further losses, but it does not guarantee execution at exactly $50. In a rapidly declining or illiquid market, the next available execution price may be materially lower. The RR should explain this gap risk before accepting the instruction.
A sell limit order establishes the lowest acceptable selling price. It would not guarantee execution if the market falls below that price. A buy limit order is used to purchase rather than sell. A fill-or-kill instruction requires the full order to be completed immediately or cancelled and does not create a price-trigger mechanism.
Stop orders must be entered and handled according to applicable marketplace and dealer procedures. The client’s objectives—trigger protection, price certainty, immediacy and willingness to accept partial execution—determine the appropriate order type.
The Retail Securities syllabus requires candidates to apply market, limit, immediate-or-cancel, fill-or-kill, on-stop, iceberg and short-sale orders to specific execution requirements.
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