Buy/sell limits

Buy limits and sell limits – what is a limit order?

A buy limit or sell limit is a useful tool for protecting your investment. It allows you to set the maximum or minimum price you are prepared to buy or sell shares for.

With The Share Centre buy and sell limits can be:

  • Set free of charge
  • Used for 1 trading day or up to 365 days
  • Applied to some or all of your shares

Buy limit order
The maximum price you are prepared to pay for shares when buying.

Sell limit order
The minimum price you will accept for shares when selling.


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Need some help?

Please call our Dealing team if you would like help setting a limit order.

Practice using limits

Use our FREE Practice Account to practice using buy/sell limits.

practice account

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