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A trailing stop is a stop order that is set at a fixed percentage or dollar amount below (for a long position) and above (for a short position) the market price. Read More

Webcasts

Scottrade now offers Trailing Stop Orders for Buy, Sell, Sell Short and Buy to Cover orders. Learn how to place Scottrade's newest Trailing Stop Orders (the Buy and Sell Short Trailing Stop) on Scottrade's trading platforms.

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Help & How To

A trailing stop order is a trailing sell stop that fluctuates by a given percent or point (dollar) amount allowing for the potential to lock in more profit on the upside while still protecting yourself to the downside. Read More

Investment Education

If you place a trailing stop, you place a trade order set at a certain percentage or dollar decimal spread away from the market price. Read More

KnowHow News

You can now specify the exact date and time your order will remain effective with the new Good Till Date order qualifier, and you can sit back and relax while the Trailing Stop order follows the stock movement with Trailing Stop orders for Buy and Sell Short Trailing Stop orders. Read More

Investment Education

Commonly called a bracket order, a one-cancels-other (OCO) order allows for two orders to be placed simultaneously. If one order executes, the other order is automatically cancelled. Read More

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There are many types of stock orders you can place at Scottrade. Watch this video to learn the difference between market, limit, stop, stop limit and trailing stop orders.

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Look for the yellow Order Entry button in the toolbar across the top of your Scottrader window. Read More

Help & How To

To place a Conditional Order (CO) from your Scottrade account, click on the Trade Tab at the top of the page.

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