Selling Long Stocks
On Ameritrade, how long does it take to buy/sell stock?
If I place a bid for a stock, how much time goes by before my shares are purchased? More importantly, if selling, how long does that usually take?
If you place a market order, just a matter a few seconds in nearly every case. If it is a limit order, it may not ever get executed. Now you need to be aware of this. In those few seconds the price of the stock can change drastically. It is actually a 2 step process to placing an order and those 2 steps can take you about 30 seconds to complete. You first have to enter the order which involves entering the ticker symbol, the order type, and the quantity and if not a market order the price The 2nd step is to verify that the information entered is correct. During those 30 seconds the price might very well change a lot.
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