Finance and Investing - Stock Trading and Order Execution

Question 1

Which order is placed at a price ABOVE the current market price of the stock?

Accepted Answer

buy stop

Question 2

You short 100 shares of KO at $97 a share. Three weeks later KO is trading at $81. You buy to cover, what is your profit

Accepted Answer

$1600

Question 3

A trader wants to buy APPL by the end of the trading day.

Accepted Answer

day order

Question 4

Which account allows a person to borrow funds to buy securities?

Accepted Answer

margin

Question 5

F is trading at 8.95 and you don't want to lose more than 5% as it keeps going up in value.

Accepted Answer

trailing stop

Question 6

MU is trading for 42.39, you're interested in buying 500 shares if the price drops to 40.00.

Accepted Answer

limit order

Question 7

You bought 100 shares of DIS for 100 per share. You sold in 3 months for 120 per share. What is the gain/loss

Accepted Answer

2000

Question 8

A trader wants to fill her order of JNJ but isn't as concerned with price.

Accepted Answer

market order

Question 9

Which order is placed at a price BELOW the current market price of a stock?

Accepted Answer

buy limit

Question 10

You try to buy 500000 shares of KO and you want it immediately or for the order to be cancelled

Accepted Answer

fill or kill

Question 11

You're interested in buying GS and are willing to wait indefinitely for your order to fill.

Accepted Answer

good till cancelled

Question 12

Your dad wants 100,000 shares of YUM, no less, and is willing to wait until end of day

Accepted Answer

all or none

Question 13

You want 1,000,000 shares of SXM but will accept fewer as long as the order fills immediately

Accepted Answer

immediate or cancel

Question 14

You own TSLA and want to protect your profits by selling if the price drops to 295.00.

Accepted Answer

stop order

Question 15

Bought AAPL for 124 on March 2, 2021 and sold for 159 on April 8th 2022. Income tax is 25% and LTCG is 10%. Profit?

Accepted Answer

31.50 per share

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