For example, if a stock IPO's for $20, you can't set a limit order for $20.01 to buy the next day - it will execute the order as long as the strike price is equal or LESS, which means it would execute the buy order immediately. The opposite for shorting. A short price order of $19.99 executes when the value is equal or GREATER, so it would also execute immediately and not the next day.
You could put in a limit order, for example, to short at $21, which might or moght not execute the next day, and be reverse of trend, as the stock would be rising - having risen already $1...
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