GTC ORDER

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Do you know what a GTC order is?

GTC simply means Good Till Cancelled. A good till cancel order is an order placed by an investor/ trader to buy or sell  a stock at a specified price,of which the price remains active until it is either canceled by the investor/ trader or the trade is executed.
It offers an alternative to placing a sequence of day orders which expires at the end of each trading day.

GTC orders are commonly set to expire within a week to a month after trade are entered on the floor of Nigeria Stock Exchange.

Simply put, GTC orders provide investors/traders the convenience of placing orders at specified price points,which can also be referred to as limit orders,that remains in force until they reach an expiration date, either they are executed or are canceled. These orders can be entered to buy or sell stock, or as stop orders.

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