an order to SELL below the current market price, but only when the market trades below your specified STOP price
an order to sell that becomes a market order when a transaction takes place at or below the stop price
An order to a broker to sell stock when the price falls to a specified level.
This is an order to sell a security that is entered at a price below the current market price and that is triggered when the market price touches or goes through the sell stop price.
A sell order which is not to be executed until the market price reaches the customer's defined price, known as the stop price. When this occurs, it becomes a market order.
An order to sell a security at the market price once the security trades through a specified price, called the stop price. See: Orders; Stop Order