selling a stock on the internet, the ask price is 3.60 and the stock price is 3.20, what type of order do i do
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If you put a limit order in at 3.60 then it will sell at 3.60 or perhaps even higher if and when all sell orders ahead of yours are executed. It may not sell. This is where level 2 quotes comes in handy. You can see the order book and see if there are 100,000 asked at 3.60. You might then wish to put your order in at 3.59
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There's sooooo much poor information here.\n\nWhen you invest in most stocks the Stock Exchange manages things so you are guaranteed to find a buyer if you're selling and guaranteed to find a seller if you're buying.  The large banks are granted favourable trading terms in return for being in the market and quoting a price to take those 200 MSFT shares off your hands.  They can drop the price they're prepared to pay when more people are selling than buying but they commit to being in the market and quoting a price most of the time.\n\nPink Sheets and Over The Counter are basically the same thing (the name Pink Sheets comes from the fact that closing prices were printed and distributed at the end of the trading day on pink paper).  It is a seperate market for stocks not quoted on the main market.  Basically, when you want to buy or sell a stock there is no guarantee there will be anyone prepared to trade with you.  The more popular stocks normally trade reasonably well but there are thousands of stocks on the OTC market that trade no volume for weeks at a time.  Most of the shareholders will be held privately and if no one is prepared to sell you're not going to be able to buy.  If you are able to find a seller you run the risk of paying a large spread (the difference between the buy and sell price).  On the main market the buy or sell price for MSFT will be the same.  On the OTC market the buy price for a stock might be $10 higher than the sell price.\n\nThe biggest danger is that something happens to the stock while you're holding it and you find yourself locked in.  If I buy MSFT I can sell the stock seconds after bad news is announced by going to my PC and logging onto my brokerage account.  If I hold OTC stock I can only sell my stock if there's someone out there prepared to buy.\n\nOTC stocks are not neceessarily up and coming, as with penny stocks choose very carefully.  Stocks quote on the OTC market for a number of reasons, and there are definately some bargains out there.  But it is much much more risky than the main market.
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You can obtain pricing on Morgan Stanley stock that trades on the NYSE at:\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MS\n\nAt the time of writing this answer it is $74.29\n\nCheers,\nRichard.
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A stop order (sometimes known as a stop loss order) is an order to buy or sell a stock once the price of the stock reaches a specified price, known as the stop price. When the specified price is reached, the stop order is entered as a market order. Stop orders are designed to limit an investor's losses in the event of an unexpected drop in the price of a security.\n\nA stop-limit order combines the features of a stop order and a limit order. Once the stop price is reached, the stop-limit order becomes a limit order to buy or to sell at no more (or less) than a specified price.\n\nIf you are afraid that once the stock hits a certain price and will keep falling, you probably want to enter a STOP order.  ie.  I have google shares i bought at $200 and it is $450 now.  I might enter a stop order to sell if it ever crashes down to $400 thus preserving my profit.\n\nGood luck with your investing!  It will be interesting to see how Steve Jobs/Disney/ABC do...
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I'm not sure what you are asking for, but I'll tell you the meaning of the options.\nLet's use as an option example Yahoo Strike 30 March and say trading at $.65 an option and you are going to buy/sell one contract\n\nBuy to open- Buy to open is to buy this option and for 1 contract you would pay $65 and $8 transaction fee. \n\nSell To Close- You can not do this first, you need to own and option first. So, if you bought the yahoo option and it is now worth $.9 You would sell it and make $90 $-8 transaction fee.\n\nNow what I think you are interested in is the opposite\n\nSell to open- means that you sell this option and you will recieve $65 in your account - transaction fee and you could do whatever you want with your money.\n\nBuy to close is simply to buy back your option. If you think the option will expire worthless and do not want to buyback, then you may not need to do this action. \n\nHope I was some help.\n\nALSO VERY IMPORTANT. If you have sold more than one option contract and it is likely to be exercised, buy back the option. Because buy back is only $7 +1.25(per contract) per transaction, but getting exercised is $8 per contract.
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If you're willing to accept the risk of losing it all, buy a call or a put option that's just out of the money.  In other words, pick a publicly traded company (with a lot of volume) that you feel strongly about.  You can make a lot of money quickly if you think the stock will rise or fall and you pick it correctly.  For example, say you think that you have a strong opinion on Microsoft (MSFT), here's what you do:\n\nThe stock is currently trading at $28.77\n\nIf you think it will go up, buy a CALL option, which gives you the right (but not the obligation) to buy MSFT a higher price.  For example, you can currently get a DEC 30 Call on MSFT for .20 per share on a contract (of 100 shares).  \n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MSQLK.X\n\nSay you buy 5 contracts and the stock goes up to $32 before Dec., you can either sell to close your option for the going price or exercise it at $30 and make $2 per share.  Here's what you would net:\n\nPurchased 5 contract ($.20 * 100 * 5) plus say $15 commission = $115\n\nExercised ($30 * 5 * 100) = $15,000\n\nSold ($32 * 5 * 100) + $15 commission = $15,985\n\nMade $15,985 - $15,000 - $115 = $870 profit on $115 or 405% return.\n\nTruth be told you'd probably just sell the option, but the profit would be about the same.  If you think MSFT will go down, just do the same thing with a PUT option.  That said, if you guess wrong you could lose your initial $115 and if it doesn't move much you could lose most (or all of your money).
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Make sure JavaScript (not Java) is enabled, and make sure the page you are viewing is on finance.yahoo.com, and double check to see if the market the stock belongs to is open for trading.
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The stock is still in a strong downward trend.\n\nIf you observe on the chart, you will notice 2 trend lines, one is still showing a strong downward trend and the other acting as a strong resistance.\n\nI suggest buying when both trend intersacts and purchase at that price, or you can drop me a mail if you require further analysis.
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Yahoo haven't dealt with a market ticker change particularly well.   They seem to have maintained a page for the ticker NGT.L ; when it's actually NG.L  (or NG-.L on some sites) you're after.\n\nhttp://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=NG.L&m=L&d=  is what you want and the price seems accurate there. \n\nOr try Interactive Investor instead, it's much better:-\nhttp://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:NG-.L&it=le
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I would not even bother with something like this.\nBut if you really want, goto yahoo finance and use their java based stock screener.
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The first thing you should do is prevent a robbery from cleaning out the register.  You can do that by placing a stop order beneath the current price. IMHO, first support looks like around $80. Your stop should go in a little beneath that, in case the support level doesn't hold the decline. Stop at $78.  That's 12% below today's close.  That's your insurance in case the stock gets pummeled. I was around in '87, '98 and '00, it can happen and here's why.  Using the PEG ratio, the price to book ratio, the price to sales ratio; the stock is overvalued.  On the other hand, there are good things that can be said about being a leader in an expanding industry; an already good and increasing ROE and ROA; zero debt and I am sure there are probably some others, if I took a closer look.  \nBecause of the high PEG, there is a good chance the stock will sell-off systematically in the next market downturn.\nYou could let the stock run up for now, since that is the current trend, and start selling if a subsequent rally attempt fails to make a new high before running out of steam. Remember: "Ride your Winners and Sell your Losers".\nOh, and keep moving your stop up as the stock moves up.
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There are sites such as sharebuilder.com that have very low commissions but they execute your order in a non-timely fashion.  It's a decent way to get started investing.
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If you are using My Yahoo, you can set up up a Stock Portfolio segment right on your home screen.  You can set up separate categories for each set of stocks (purchased, watchlist, etc.)  It's very easy to use.  The stock prices are updated every time you log on or hit "refresh".  As with any stock tracking program, there is typically a 20 minute delay for stock quotes however if you have an online account with a brokerage, typically that website will enable you to get "real time quotes".  For example, I use www.optionsexpress.com. It is a great brokerage site for both stocks and options.  On that site, you can set "alerts" for either a percentage change (you set the percentage) or a dollar amount change in your stock price either up or down.  The alert is sent to an email address of your choice.  Check your online brokerage service because they most likely offer that service.  Another program that I use to track stocks is www.marketwatch.com.  It's free but you have to sign up or register for it.  They also provide the ability to set "alerts" on changes in stock prices or news about your stock.  Be sure to "opt out" of all of the free services and product emails or you'll get a lot of spam.
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You used the example of Microsoft, which is a very actively traded stock with huge volume. \n\nWhat you are suggesting is either arbitrage, or stock manipulation; probably the latter. Surely you aren't mad at Microsoft?\n\nFor the size of this company and number of outstanding shares, it would take hundreds of millions of dollars to move the price of the stock significantly. You would never move it to $1, because everyone knows the stock is worth more than that, and that the company is not going out of business. You could sell a billion dollars of that stock and not cut it in half.\n\nIf you're near a brokerage office, stop by and look at a quote machine and observe the active bids for Microsoft -- there are millions of shares bid at every price level close to the current price. Those are the people that you will have to take out before you move the stock price significantly. \n\nThe floor traders and dealer/brokers and specialists do not literally "set" the stock price; supply and demand does that, and you better believe there's going to be a huge demand for Microsoft at $15 or $20, after you sold your billion dollars of stock, and after you get through the millions of shares quoted at bid. The net effect will be that you lose at least 10% and probably 20% on your foolish endeavor to try and manipulate the price against market forces, when demand comes surging in and drives the price back up.\n\nThat's a cool $200 million loss to you.
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For every share sold, there is a share bought; \nfor every seller, there is a buyer.\nThe money that you lost might have gone to a short-seller who first sold the stock at $40 and then bought it back at $30, or it might have gone to somebody who bought the stock at $30 and will (in the future) sell the stock at $40. (By the way - the company itself might have been the buyer!)\nBottom line is that the $10 did NOT go INTO your pocket, it came OUT of your pocket!
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Sharebuilder.com is the cheapest at $4.00 per transaction if you do automatic investing with them.  For pure trading, tradeking.com $ 4.95 is hard to beat.  For service and price Scottrade $ 7.00 is better.  For day trading and opportunity for IPO you may try ETrade.\nGood luck.