stop-loss

[ stop-laws, -los ]

/ ˈstɒpˌlɔs, -ˌlɒs /

adjective

designed or planned to prevent continued loss, as a customer's order to a broker to sell a stock if its price declines to a specific amount.

Origin of stop-loss

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby stop-loss

stop volley, stop-and-go, stop-frame, stop-go, stop-limit order, stop-loss, stop-loss clause, stop-loss order, stop-motion, stop-off, stop-out

Example sentences from the Web for stop-loss

Fractional advances we threw into the next day's good measure, and set the stop-loss higher, and yet ever higher.

The Van Dwellers |Albert Bigelow Paine
A "stop-loss" is an order to your broker to sell you out if the market sells down a certain number of points.

Successful Stock Speculation |John James Butler
Therefore, we believe that stop-loss orders are a bad thing and, as a rule, do not recommend them.

Successful Stock Speculation |John James Butler
No more money will be put up on this deal, so place a stop-loss order against it.

Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford |George Randolph Chester

Suppose it is selling at 94 and it is believed that there are a large number of stop-loss orders at 92.

Successful Stock Speculation |John James Butler

British Dictionary definitions for stop-loss

stop-loss

adjective

commerce of or relating to an order to a broker in a commodity or security market to close an open position at a specified price in order to limit any loss

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stop-loss

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British Dictionary definitions for stop-loss

adjective

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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stop-loss

adjective

Origin of stop-loss

Words nearby stop-loss

Example sentences from the Web for stop-loss

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