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Finance: What is Good 'Til Canceled (GTC)? 2 Views


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What is Good ‘Til Cancelled (GTC)? GTC orders are trade orders that may be filled at any time unless the investor cancels it. Good til cancelled orders are different from day orders that must be filled by market close otherwise they are cancelled; these are only cancelled if the investor decides to do so.

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Finance a la shmoop what is good til' cancelled or GTC? well it's a way in

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which securities buy and sell orders are placed like i'll buy 10,000 shares of

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coke at $42 a share and this order is GTC ie it's good or effective or living [Man holding stocks of coca cola]

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until I tell you otherwise or cancel it got it could this order sit on the books

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of a brokerage at Goldman or Morgan or Fidelity or another broker for 8 months

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before executing sure sure it could if it isn't cancelled then it's effective

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and it sits around waiting for that shoulder tap to finally get on the stock [Person taps on a mans shoulder]

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conveyor belt and get on getting on being sold and that's it good til'

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cancel just think Futurama it was good real good until it was cancelled and now [Man watching futurama]

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it exists only in the pasturama...

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