What types of equity orders and special conditions are available online?
A. You may buy, sell, sell short and buy to cover. Order types that may be placed are market, limit, stop loss, and stop limit orders. You may also specify shares to trade by tax lot and borrow stock for short sales by checking a “versus purchase” box on the order ticket. Equity order conditions available include all-or-none, do-not-reduce, do-not-increase, not-held, day, good-’til-canceled (120 day limit), fill-or-kill, immediate-or-cancel and at the close.