Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• STOP-LOSS ORDER
  
  An order to unwind a position when the price moves against you. For example, you had purchased a stock, the stop-loss order would be to sell the stock when the price falls to a specified level. If you were short the asset, the stop-loss would trigger a purchase.
  
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