A Market to Limit order is submitted as a market order to execute at the current best market price. If the order is only partially filled, the remainder of the order is canceled and re-submitted as a limit order with the limit price equal to the price at which the filled portion of the order was executed. The entire order is not guaranteed to be filled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The order panel in IBKR Desktop can be populated by either clicking on a symbol in the Portfolio or Watchlist screens or typing in a symbol in the search bar. Once the symbol is selected the investor can click \u201cBuy\u201d or \u201cSell\u201d to create an order window. In this example the investor chooses to create a \u201cBuy\u201d order and can select the quantity in shares. Note that fractional shares are not supported by the Market to Limit order type. Directly below are three order types; Limit, Market, and Stop. To access the Market to Limit order type the investor clicks on \u201cStop\u201d and scrolls in the drop-down box to \u201cMarket to Limit\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investor can set the Time-in-force by clicking on the box. They can select Day or Good \u2018Till Cancelled, known as GTC. For more information on these terms please see the IBKR Traders\u2019 Glossary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the investor is satisfied with the order inputs, they can either click on \u201cPreview\u201d to see a breakdown of the order as well as its effect on margin, \u201cSave\u201d to save the order to be transmitted later, or \u201cSubmit Buy Order\u201d to send the order. The investor chooses \u201cSubmit Buy Order\u201d and the Order Confirmation window appears. Once satisfied they click \u201cTransmit\u201d to send the order. Once sent if not entirely filled, the investor can view trades, modify the order, cancel order from the Order Confirmation screen. If the investor clicks on the three dots next to Cancel order they can Pause execution, Duplicate the order, or create the opposite order ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Market to Limit order allows the investor to send a market order to be executed at the current best market price and if not entirely filled the remainder of the order will be cancelled and resubmitted as a Limit order at the fill price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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