Trading Rules
Order Type
What is the time-in-force and trading sessions
What is limit order
What is market order
Market-on-Close order
Stop limit order
Stop order
Limit if touched order
Market if touched order
Trailing stop limit order
Trailing stop order
What is an attached order
What is Algorithmic Trading for US Stocks
What is a conditional order
What are order trigger times
US Stock Option
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ETF
Stock Yield Program
Fractional shares trading in the US stock market
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A trailing stop order allows investors to set a 「trailing amount」 or 「trailing ratio」 so that the system continually calculates the stop price as the market fluctuates. When the stop price is hit, a buy/sell market order will be submitted. A stop order is not guaranteed a specific execution price and may execute significantly away from its stop price.
The order follows the "buy high and sell low" rule. The trailing amount or ratio should be greater than 0.
● Buy trailing stop order
Assuming stock XYZ has a current price of 10, you submit a buy trailing stop order with a 50% trailing ratio. So, the order's initial stop price will be 15 (10+10*50%). When the market price falls, so does the stop price; when the market price rises, the stop price doesn't change. A buy market order will be submitted as soon as the stop price is hit.
Before the buy order fills, if XYZ's market price falls to as low as 8, the stop price will be adjusted to 12 (8+8*50%). When XYZ's market price rises to 12, a buy market order will be submitted automatically to the clearing broker and filled at the market price.
● Sell trailing stop order
Assuming stock XYZ has a current price of 20, you submit a sell trailing stop order with a 5 trailing amount. So, the order's initial stop price will be 15 (20-5). When the market price rises, so does the stop price; when the market price falls, the stop price doesn't change. A sell market order will be submitted as soon as the stop price is hit.
Before the sell order fills, if XYZ's market price rises to as high as 30, the stop price will be adjusted to 25 (30-5). When the price falls to 25 or lower, a sell market order will be submitted automatically to the clearing broker and filled at the market price.
Clients can place orders at any time via the app.
Clients can set the order's Time-in-force. If the order is not filled in full, the unfilled portion will be cancelled automatically by the system. If the order fails to be executed due to risk management or other reasons, the order status will update to "failed," and the system will not continue to place the order.
If the order reaches the trigger condition during the allowed trading period set when the user places the order, the order is triggered and the system automatically submits the preset order to the upstream. If the order reaches the trigger condition outside the allowable trading period set when the user places the order, the order will not be triggered. Enter the set allowable trading period, and then judge the trigger condition.
If the order reaches the trigger condition during the preset trading period, the system will automatically submit the order to the clearing broker. The trailing stop order will not be triggered if the trigger condition is met outside the preset trading period.
● Buy trailing stop order
If the trailing amount is set,
Initial stop price = initial market price + trailing amount
Adjusted stop price = the best price of a stock before triggering a market order + trailing amount
If the trailing ratio is set,
Initial stop price = initial market price * (1 + trailing ratio)
Adjusted stop price = the best price of a stock before triggering a market order * (1 + trailing ratio)
● Sell trailing stop order
If the trailing amount is set,
Initial stop price = initial market price - trailing amount
Adjusted stop price = the best price of a stock before triggering a market order - trailing amount
If the trailing ratio is set,
Initial stop price = initial market price * (1 - trailing ratio)
Adjusted stop price = the best price of a stock before triggering a market order * (1 - trailing ratio)
6.1 Placement of the conditional order does not directly freeze the customer's buying power or position. It will be frozen only when the condition of the order is triggered. Please note that triggering of conditional order does not guarantee that the order will be successfully submitted to the upstream broker or the exchange. The conditional order will be failed to submit due to insufficient buying power or positions of the account at that time.
6.2 After the trailing stop order is triggered, the system will place a market order automatically as soon as the stop price is hit. However, there is no guarantee that the order will be filled. If the order is not filled during the Time-in-force, it will be cancelled automatically by the system.
6.3 After the trailing stop order is triggered, whether it is filled or not, the trigger conditions will not be effective again. Please place a new order if necessary.
6.4 After the trailing stop order is triggered, the system will place a market order. For clients' convenience, the order details will be displayed in the original trailing stop order.
6.5 After the trailing stop order is triggered, the system will submit the order only when the client has enough maximum buying power on the account, and financing may be applied.
6.6 Orders cannot be executed in multiple directions at the same time. If the order quantity is greater than the current position, the order will not be executed. For example, a buy and a buyback cannot be executed simultaneously; the same applies to a sell and a short sale.
6.7 The trailing stop order will only be triggered during the regular trading hours.
6.8 If short selling of the underlying asset is supported, clients can short sell the underlying. If the account does not hold any long position when the order is triggered, short selling of the underlying asset will be executed.
6.9 Advanced orders are simulated by FUTU based on the basic orders and irrelevant to Exchanges' advanced orders. Please refer to the actual order page for more details.
6.10 The system will use a specific quote data source as the quote price monitoring standard, for example, the U.S. stock is based on UTP quotes for price monitoring, the performance of Basic quotes may be different from UTP quote.
Disclaimer
Advanced orders are an order type developed by FUTU for clients' convenience. Meanwhile, FUTU tries to guarantee the execution of such orders. However, please be aware that the execution might be interrupted by poor network connections, server errors, etc. FUTU shall not be responsible or liable for any loss incurred.