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Entry Limit Trading Orders: Buy Entry Limit and Sell Entry Limit

Limit order definition - Entry limit is an order to buy or sell a Commodity Trading at a certain commodities trading price which is a retracement level where commodities trading price is predicted to pull back to before resuming the original Commodities trend. traders use them to buy or sell at better market commodities trading price. These types of orders are available in most online trading platforms, for our examples we will use the Meta Trader 4 trading platform.

An entry of this type can be used to buy below the market level (up commodity trend market retracement) or sell above market level (down trend commodities trading market retracement).

Buy limit - When buying, your entry buy limit is executed when the market falls to your set commodities trading price. ( price retraces down )

Sell limit - When selling, your entry sell limit is executed when the market rises to your set commodities price. ( price retraces up )

Entry orders are placed by commodity traders when they expect commodities trading price to bounce back after reaching this zone.

  • Entry Buy Limit Trading Orderbuy at a level below the current market level.
  • Entry Sell Limit Trading Ordersell at a level above the current market level.

Buy Entry Limit Example

In the example portrayed & described below, the buy limit order was placed to buy at a trading price below the current market commodities trading price. Point B is point at which it was set.

Buy Limit Order & Sell Limit Commodities Order - Commodities Pending Commodities Trading Orders

Limit buy order entry placed to buy below the current market commodities trading price

The commodities trading price then retraced and went down to hit the buy entry limit, and afterwards commodities trading price continued to move upwards in direction of the original Commodity Trading upward commodities trend. When the limit buy order was hit it changed to a buy.

Buy Limit Commodities Trade Order & Sell Limit Order - Commodity Pending Commodities Orders

Price hits buy limit, order now changes to a buy

Sell Entry Limit Trade Order

In the example portrayed & described below a the sell entry limit was placed to sell at a trading price above the current market commodities trading price. This is the level for the commodities trading price retracement.

Buy Limit Order & Sell Limit Commodities Order - Commodity Pending Commodities Trading Orders

Entry limit sell order placed to sell above the current market commodities trading price

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The commodities trading price then rallied, went up to hit the sell entry limit, and afterwards commodities trading price continued to move downward in direction of the original Commodity Trading down ward trend.

Buy Limit Order & Sell Limit Commodities Order - Commodity Pending Commodities Orders

Price hits sell limit, order now changes to a sell

When commodity quote hit the set level the order changed to a sell, this is therefore a nice strategy to buy or sell at a better commodities price after a price retracement.

Setting Buy & Sell Limit Trading Orders in MT4 Trading Platform

To set up these commodities trading orders on the MT4 platform, Right-click on Commodity Trading chart>>> Choose 'Trading'>>> Then Choose 'New'>>> Then on window pop up that appears (shown and illustrated below), under label 'Type' select the option of 'pending' instead of 'market execution'>>> Under the pending order options select the pending order type: For This trade select either "Buy Limit Trading Order" or "Sell Limit Commodities Trading Order" depending on whether you want to place a pending buy or sell.

Buy Limit Commodities Trade Order & Sell Limit Order - Commodity Pending Commodities Orders

Setting Buy & Sell Limit Commodities Trade Orders on MT4 Trading Platform

Sometimes, setting the point value to place your trade can be tricky, setting to far might mean your entry market limit not getting executed, the best tool to use is Fibonacci retracement indicator and use the 38.2 % retracement levels. This retracement level is watched by many commodity traders and entry orders tend to crowd at this level, therefore the best odds to catch a trade would be presented by using the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level.

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Tip: In Commodities online trading, If you want to set a good take profit level (not retracement level, take profit level) for your trades you can use the Fibonacci expansion 100% level for the best take profit area. To Read more on Commodity Fibonacci Retracement & Fibonacci expansion use the right navigation menu section Technical Analysis.

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