What is a Market Order (U.S. Trading)?
A Market Order in the U.S. is an order to buy or sell securities at the prevailing market price.
Market Orders are based on the dollar amount you wish to invest. This may result in the volume of shares being a fractional amount (i.e. a volume of shares less than 1).
Market Orders are placed at market, meaning that:
- if the Market Order is a Buy order, whether during U.S. Market Hours or when the market is closed, you agree to pay the prevailing market price at the time the market order is executed; and
- if the Market Order is a Sell order, whether during U.S. Market Hours or when the market is closed, you agree to receive the prevailing market price at the time the market order is executed.
All Market Orders placed for U.S. listed securities will likely trade immediately. Where this is not the case these orders will expire 30 days after you place the order via the Superhero Platform.