Sell Limit Order

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#1

Hi,

I had 500 shares which I placed for Sale on a Limit Order at £8.35 but only 313 of them sold when the target price was achieved, why is that?

Is it because of no buyers in the market, or at least not a buyer for 500 shares only 313? Is that called Low Volume?

Thanks

#2

I would imagine it’s a low volume issue, yes. The price hitting your target doesn’t mean there’s enough buyers at that price to satisfy the supply of all of those shares available at that price. :freetrade: will do all they can to execute an order, but market forces are of course beyond their control.

This is their detailed policy on execution.

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#3

Are these Execution Policy details something that are similar to other platforms, e.g. are they kind of standardised across the board?