Options Glossary, Not-Held Order, Order,Market-not-held order
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Options Glossary - Most Used Terms
Not-Held Order
A type of order which releases normal obligations implied by the other terms of the order. For example, a limit order designated as 'not-held' allows discretion to the floor trader in filling the order when the market trades at the limit price of the order. In this case, there is no obligation to provide the customer with an execution if the market trades through the limit price on the order.
See Also:
Order: A ticket or voucher representing long or short securities and options.
Market Not Held Order: Also a market order, but the investor is allowing the floor broker who is executing the order to use his own discretion as to the exact timing of the execution. If the floor broker expects a decline in price and he is holding a "market not held buy order", he (she) may wait to buy, figuring that a better price will soon be available. There is no guarantee that a "market not held order" will be filled.
