What is a Stop Order?

Stop Orders are stock market orders, buy or sell orders, that become executable when the price of securities reaches a certain value which is pre-defined by the Client. By giving a Stop Order, the Client secures his investment and can limit the loss in the case of Stop Loss Orders by determining the maximum loss he is willing to take on each position in the portfolio or take advantage of a rising market movement to take a position in the case of a Stop Limit Order.