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Hi all,

How many of you go to market when placing an order?

I have found problems with using limit orders and I just want to know what people thinking of jumping straight to market when you want to be in.

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Marketable Limit Order, this has been discussed in perryg's thread.


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I use limit orders at the current bid/offer usually.

I sometimes have orders in the market at certain S/R levels that may be there for hours. But usually when I make a decision to "get in", I immediately just do a buy limit @ offer.

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I always use limit because I feel like I'm chasing if I go market.


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