FOREX Stop Orders

Forex Stop orders are commonly used to exit positions and to protect investments in the event that the market moves against an open position. Stop orders to sell are placed below the current market level and are executed when the Bid price hits or breaches the price level specified. Stop orders to buy are placed above the current market level and are executed when the Ask price hits or breaches the price level specified.

SMPTrader supports a variety of stop orders, including Stop if Bid and Stop if Offered Orders.

Stop if Bid orders are commonly used to buy the applicable currency pair in a rising market. If the price level specified in the order is actually Bid on the market, the order will be filled at the price offered by the market maker. For example, if you sold GBPUSD at 1.4280, with a Stop Bid at 1.4330, the position would be closed (GBPUSD would be bought) if the Bid price hit or breached 1.4330. We recommend the use of Stop if Bid orders only to buy Forex positions. The use of Stop if Bid to sell Forex positions can result in positions being prematurely closed if a market event causes the Bid/Ask spread to temporarily widen.

Stop if Offered orders are commonly used to sell the applicable currency pair in a falling market. If the price level specified is actually offered in the market, the order will be filled at the price bid by market maker. For example, if you bought USDJPY at 132.00, with a Stop Offer at 131.50, the position would be closed (USDJPY would be sold) if the Offer price hit or breached 131.50 (in other words, if 131.50 is offered). We recommend the use of Stop if Offered orders only to sell Forex positions. The use of Stop if Offered orders to buy Forex positions can result in positions being prematurely closed if a market event causes the Bid/Ask spread to temporarily widen.

CURRENCY

The Philippine Peso



The peso exchange rate closed lower at P47.29 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx) from P47.07 the previous day. The weighted average rate depreciated to P47.132 from P47.04. Total volume amounted to $ 814 million.