The role of a forex brokers to provide a way for individual investors to invest in the foreign exchange currency market by providing liquidity. In order to kelp traders be competitive and profit from the markets brokers offer traders various types of trade orders.
There are several different types of orders traders are able to place in order to execute trades into the market ranging from stop loss orders, to take profit orders, to limit orders, to buy/sell stop limit orders to trailing stops.
When placing new trades limit orders or what else is called take profit orders are set by traders in order to set take profit levels. When price reaches the limit order the trade is exited at profit.
Stops loss orders are used in orders to protect losses once a trade is opened or moved to lock in profits once a trade has moved in favor of the trader. Many novice traders make the mistake of not using stop loss order and this actually is the worst mistake you can make. Always use a stop loss when trading.
