Held order

Define held - To execute any order – one should have a strategy to handle the process, especially for a volatile market; the overall process route and method of execution should be determined. A trader can order to buy equity from the market when the terms prevailing are favourable at the time of execution. Such "held orders" are based on prompt execution.

In general, orders belong to different categories –

Market– It is an order to buy and sell stocks as soon as possible at the best rate.

Limit is the order where the client sets a maximum purchase price or minimum sale price at which the trade can be executed.

Stop limit – A firm can take an order set at a specific price, which can be activated as a limit order using a transaction or quotation as the triggering event.

Not-held – It gives the discretion to execute at a specific time and price.

Day orders are valid until it is executed or the next market close.

GTC – It remains open until it is cancelled or executed.

The factors that are used to determine if an order is placed favourably or not include -

• The character of the market for security (the price volatility, relative liquidity, pressure on communication)

• The size and type of transaction

• The number of markets checked

• The accessibility of the quotation

• The terms and conditions of the order (as communicated to the firm)

• Investors should be aware that market and price volatility can affect the execution of such orders. Like

It may fully or partially be executed through multiple transactions at a substantially different price from the quoted bid or offer or the last reported sale price.

• The opening price can be different from the previous day's closing.

• Locked markets are conditions that restrict immediate execution.

• Higher volatility can cause an imbalance between buy/ sell of IPOs.

• A higher volume and backlogs can cause financial order imbalance.