Unable to sell orders (2024)

FAQs

Why won't my limit order sell? ›

A limit order can only fill if a security has liquidity. If the security does not have enough shares trading at the specific price you placed, your order may not fill. This is most common for larger orders placed on low-volume securities.

Orders can be rejected for various reasons, such as insufficient margin, incorrect usage of order type, unavailability of the scrip for trading, stock group changes, and more. The specific reason for rejection is displayed in the order book.

Your order won't be filled if there aren't enough shares available at the specified price or number. This occurs most frequently with large orders placed on low-volume securities. Keep in mind that there must be a buyer and seller on both sides of the trade for an order to execute.

You may get a message about “not enough shares'' if you already have an outstanding pending order for the shares you want to sell with a new order. If you get this message, you'll need to cancel any outstanding orders before you can sell the shares.

A limit order is an order to buy or sell a stock with a restriction on the maximum price to be paid (with a buy limit) or the minimum price to be received (with a sell limit). If the order is filled, it will only be at the specified limit price or better. However, there is no assurance of execution.

For example, when you placed a limit sell order during pre-market, you might see the market price was higher than your order price, but your order didn't get filled. It's because your order was sent to a different exchange/market maker which can't provide the same price you see from market data for execution.

These are the most common reasons your payment was declined. The card is expired. The billing address has changed or doesn't match what's on file with the bank or card issuer. You made an error while entering required info in "3-D Secure", a security feature that banks use to verify your identity.

The way of achieving full execution of an order is to use an aggressive limit order, meaning an order that has a higher price than the best prices at the other side of the market and walks up the limit order book. For a buy (sell) order, this means it has a price higher (lower) than the best ask (bid).

What is it? A good faith violation occurs when you buy a security and sell it before paying for the initial purchase in full with settled funds. Only cash or the sales proceeds of fully paid for securities qualify as “settled funds.”

Options on smaller company's stocks often have no volume except for the strike prices that are very close to the stock's current trading price. To check the volume of an option you are trying to buy or sell, go to the options trading page and enter in all the details as you normally would when making an order.

Why is my listing not selling? ›

There are various reasons why your house may not be selling. The biggest reasons are the price, the condition of the home, and the real estate market. However, smaller issues can also cause a house to sit on the market, like the marketing strategy, lack of home staging, and bad listing photos.

Limit orders guarantee a price, but may not get filled until the stock price reaches your limit. Once orders are filled, they can take an additional couple of days to go through the clearing and settlement process, although you'll see them in your account pretty much right away.

The stock you are trying to sell is a trade to trade (T2T) stock. You can sell it only after it has been delivered to your demat account. If you have pledged your shares (to get extra margin against your shares), then you will not be able to sell these shares until they are unpledged.

You likely can't enable options trading on Robinhood because you don't have enough experience. Robinhood reviews every request for options trading, just like other brokers. Robinhood's review process ensures that you have a sufficient balance and trading experience required for options trading.

The orders are executed on a 'first come, first serve' basis, i.e. queue system on the exchange. If your buy order is queued behind in the order book, and there are more bids than asks in that price range, your order will not get executed unless there are additional asks to match your buy order.

Keep in mind, short-term market fluctuations may prevent your order from being executed, or cause the order to trigger at an unfavorable price. For example, if the market jumps between the stop price and the limit price, the stop will be triggered, but the limit order won't be executed.

Limit order

This means that your order may only be filled at your designated price or better. However, you're also directing your order to fill only if this condition occurs. Limit orders allow control over the price of an execution, but they do not guarantee that the order will be executed immediately or even at all.

Your limit order may have been rejected/canceled for one of the following reasons: Circuit limit: Your order can get canceled if your requested price lies outside the circuit limit. In this case, place your order with the price within the valid range (circuit limit).