Entry Limit Orders: Buy Entry Limit & Sell Entry Limit

Limit order definition - Entry limit is an order to buy or sell a XAUUSD at a certain price that is a retracement level where price is predicted to pullback to before resuming original XAUUSD trend. XAUUSD traders use them to buy or sell at a better market price. These types of orders are available in most online trading platforms, for our example we shall use the MT4 platform.

An entry of this type can be used to buy below the market level (up trend market retracement) or sell above market level (down trend market retracement).

Buy limit - When buying, your entry buy limit pending order is executed when the market falls to your set price. ( price retraces down )

Sell limit - When selling, your entry sell limit pending order is executed when the market rises to your set trading price. ( price retraces up )

Entry orders are placed by traders when they expect price to bounce-back after reaching this level.

• Entry Buy Limit Orderbuy at a level below the current market price.

• Entry Sell Limit Ordersell at a level above the current market price.

Buy Entry Limit Example

In the example shown below, the buy limit pending order was placed to buy at a price below the current market price. Point B is point at which it was set.

Limit buy order entry placed to buy below the current market price

The trading price then retraced & went down to hit buy entry limit, & afterwards gold trading price continued to move up-wards in the direction of the original XAUUSD upward trend. When limit buy order was hit it changed in to a buy.

XAUUSD Price hits buy limit, order now changes to a buy

Sell Entry Limit Order

In the example shown below a the sell entry limit was placed to sell at a price above the current market price. This is the level for the price retracement.

Entry limit sell order placed to sell above current market price

The trading price then rallied, went upto hit sell entry limit, and afterwards gold trading price continued to move downwards in the direction of the original XAUUSD downward trend.

XAUUSD Price hits sell limit, order now changes to a sell

When gold quote hit the set level & the order changed to a sell, this is therefore a nice strategy to buy or sell at a better price after a price retracement.

Setting Buy & Sell Limit Orders in MetaTrader 4 Software

To setup these orders on the MT4 platform, Right-Click on chart>>> Select 'Trading'>>> Then Select 'New'>>> Then on the popup window that appears (illustrated & displayed below), under the label 'Type' select option of 'pending' instead of 'market execution'>>> Under the pending order options choose the pending order type: for This trade select either "Buy Limit Order" or "Sell Limit Order" depending on whether you want to place a pending buy or sell.

Placing Buy & Sell Limit Orders on MT4 Software

Sometimes, setting the point value to place your trade can be tricky, setting to far may mean your entry market limit not getting executed, the best tool to use is Fibo retracement indicator and use the 38.2% retracement levels. This retracement level is watched by many traders & entry orders tend to crowd at this level, therefore the best odds to catch a trade would be presented by using the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level.

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Tip: in XAUUSD online trading, If you want to set a good take profit level (not retracement level, take profit level) for your trades you can use the Fibonacci expansion 100% level for the best take profit area. To Read more on Gold Trading Fibo Retracement and Fibo expansion use the right navigation menu section Technical Analysis.

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