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My only issue with Fidelity is this. I don’t have an intention of selling this stock soon, but I wanted to place a GTC limit sell order… any loopholes here? thanks.
You can place a Good ‘Til Canceled (GTC) order on Fidelity…
A Fidelity customer recently attempted to trade penny stocks on OTC (Over-the-counter) markets during pre-market hours and received the following error message:
(340036) Market and Limit buy and sell orders of stocks and ETFs in dollars a…
When you first signed up for an account with Fidelity, you will receive delayed market data until you sign an agreement to enable real time quotes. Many customers skip this step and assume that the platform provides real-time quotes automa…
If you’re trying to create an account with Fidelity and see the message “We were unable to verify your identity,” it usually means that the information you entered doesn’t match what they have on file.
To fix this, simply update your infor…
Are you getting a “(013911) Your account is limited to settled funds for opening cash transactions…” error on Fidelity? Here’s the rest of the message, “…and therefore buy orders must be limit orders. Please use a limit order to prevent the trade from exceeding your settled cash.” Error (013911) occurred on Fidelity when your account … Read more
A day trade occurs when you buy and sell a security on the same trading day. Fidelity defines a pattern day trader as any customer who executes four or more “day trades” within five business days.
Once you reach this limit, a Pattern Day T…
An options contract gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset at a specified price on or before a specific date. If you own options, you need to know the expiration dates to decide what to do wit…