Immediate or cancel order

Immediate Or Cancel Order - IOC
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Immediate Or Cancel Order - IOC
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Immediate or cancel order
An order type to buy or sell as a Market or Limit order, that is to be executed fully or in part as soon as it is represented in the market; after which any portion not executed is canceled.
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Immediate Or Cancel Order - IOC
An order requiring that all or part of the order be executed immediately after it has been brought to the market. Any portions not executed immediately are automatically cancelled.
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Immediate or Cancel Order An order requiring that all or part of the order be fullfilled immediately. Any portions of the order not compeleted are canceled.
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A Fill or Kill order differs from immediate or cancel orders in that immediate or cancel orders allow partial executions.
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This type of stock order, however, does allow for partial fills. A variation of the immediate or cancel order is a fill or kill order. If complete execution of this order is not possible the entire order is cancelled.

See also: Market, Order, Orders, Profit, Share