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Financial Dictionary

Buy Minus

A type of order where a client instructs the broker to purchase a stock at a price below the current market price.

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An example is placing a buy order at $25 for a stock that is currently trading at $27.

See also: Buy, Market Value, Order, Sell Plus

Also spelled: Buy-Minus, BuyMinus

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buy minus

Of or relating to an order to purchase a security only when the last change in the security's price is downward. A buy-minus order may be used to acquire a position in a security during a short-term price decline.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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