Source: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/stop-limit-order

# Stop-limit order
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/stop-limit-order
Last modified: 2026-10-17

A stop-limit order becomes a limit order, not a market order, at its trigger. It refuses a bad fill in a gap, and that is also its danger: the price can run through your limit and leave you unfilled while the loss grows. [How a thin book gaps](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/how-us-stock-prices-form); [order types on Mochatrade](https://mochatrade.com/support/order-types-available-on-mochatrade).

## Related terms

- Market order: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/market-order
- Limit order: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/limit-order
- Slippage: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/slippage
- Trailing stop order: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/trailing-stop-order
- Gap up and gap down: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/gap-up-and-gap-down
- Max slippage: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/max-slippage

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