Sébastien Haller

An order type that protects a trader against the market gapping. It guarantees to fill your order at the price asked.

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A fill or kill (FOK) order is an instruction sent to a broker or directly to a trading venue that must be carried out immediately and in its entirety. If either of those stipulations cannot be met, the order is canceled. No partial or delayed execution of the order is allowed.

One of approximately five times during the forex trading day when a large amount of currency must be bought or sold to fill a commercial customer’s orders. Typically, these times are associated with market volatility. The regular forex fixes are as follows (all times EST): 5:00am – Frankfurt 6:00am – London 10:00am – WMHCO (World Market House Company) 11:00am – WMHCO (World Market House Company) – more important 8:20am – IMM 8:15am – ECB

A financial contract is a legally binding document between at least two parties which defines and governs the parties’ rights and responsibilities under the agreement. A financial contract is legally enforceable when it meets the law’s requirements and approval. It usually involves exchanging money, goods, services or promises to trade any of these products.

A filled order, of fill for short, is simply an executed order in the markets. It is an order that has had its parameters filled, whether it was an order to buy or sell an asset, to open or close a position. For example, if you were to create an order to buy a stock at $45, and your order is accepted, it would be said to have been ‘filled’ and $45 would be the ‘fill price’.