Contingency orders are an investment approach often created between brokers and investors. Essentially, the contingency order establishes a specific order for a brokerage to execute on behalf of an investor, when and if certain conditions take place.
Contingency Order
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Contingency order: An order that depends/is contingent upon some other parameter occurring first, usually the execution of another order.
Contingency order
In the context of general equities, order to buy one security, if the trader can sell another, usually given that certain price limits or conditions reach a certain level. Swap, switch order.
Contingency order
An order to execute a transaction in one security that depends on the price of another security. An example might be: 'Sell the XYZ May 60 call at 2, contingent upon XYZ stock being at or below $59.50.'
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5. Contingency Order This order allows you to buy or sell a given security based on a certain condition.
Spread Stop Order A contingency order to buy or sell an option spread when the market reaches a particular level.
of a trade in your pocket (spoken for) so your capital risk in the transaction is reduced. (Purchase of 10,000 of a 50,000 buy order leaves the trader a "leg up".) (2) Complete one side of a two-sided transaction, as in a swap or contingency order.
Contingency order
Contingent claim
Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
Contingent immunization
Contingent pension liability
Contingent Voting Power
Continuous compounding
Continuous net settlement (CNS)
Continuous random variable
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contingency order An order that is executed only if one or more specified conditions are met.... contingent See 'contingency.' contingent beneficiary Individual designated as the receiver of the benefits of an insurance policy...
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