Here's the scenario:
- Say I have $1000 in my brokerage account available for trade
- I want to buy stock xyz selling for $100
- I go to the order page and put 10 shares market order
- Preview page shows $1000 order amount and I submit the order
- Before the order is filled, the price is changes to $110
What happens next? I can think of 3 possibilities:
- Fidelity cancels the order
- The order is filled partially for 9 shares (plus fractions?)
- The order is filled for the 10 shares but now my account is down $100 and I need to fund it
Basically, what happens if a market order costs more than available funds to trade in an account?
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