Market Mechanics: Orders and Execution
The Market Mechanics track explains how orders and execution actually work. It is plain English and not financial advice.
What This Track Covers
- Buy vs sell, and long vs short, explained simply
- Order types: market, limit, stop, stop-limit, and brackets
- The bid-ask spread, liquidity, the order book, and slippage
- An intro to order flow, and what options are as an idea
- Leverage and margin, and the real cost of fees and commissions
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