ForexGen Order Types

GTC (Good ‘til canceled)

A GTC order remains active in the market until you decide to cancel it.

Your broker will not cancel the order at any time.

GFD (Good for the day)

A GFD order remains active in the market until the end of the trading day.

Because foreign exchange is a 24-hour market, this usually means 5pm EST since that that's U.S. markets close.

OCO (Order cancels other)

An OCO order is a mixture of two limit and/or stop-loss orders.

Two orders with price and duration variables are placed above and below the current price.

When one of the orders is executed the other order is canceled.

Example: The price of EUR/USD is 1.2040. You want to either buy at 1.2095 over the resistance level in anticipation of a breakout or initiate a selling position if the price falls below 1.1985.

The understanding is that if 1.2095 is reached, you will buy order will be triggered and the 1.1985 sell order will be automatically canceled.