How To Cancel A Pending Stock Order

There are four main ways to cancel a pending order

  1. From the chart
  2. From the Orders window
  3. From a WatchList
  4. From the Trading Menu
1. Cancel an order from the chart

Click the Cancel button (X) on the order line

This opens the Cancel Orders window. The tick box by the order is pre-filled with a check mark. Click Cancel 1 Order to cancel the pending order.

2. Closing an order from the Orders window

When an order is pending, it will be found in the Orders window. (For more on using the Orders window click here.)

To cancel the order from the Orders window, right click on the order in the window

Select Cancel Order from the right-click menu.

This opens the Cancel Orders window. The tick box by the order is pre-filled with a check mark. Click Cancel 1 Order to cancel the pending order.

3. Cancel an order from a WatchList

To cancel an order for a stock in a WatchList, right click on the symbol row in the WatchList

From the drop down menu choose Cancel Orders

This opens the Cancel Orders window. The tick box by the order is pre-filled with a check mark. Click Cancel 1 Order to cancel the pending order.

4. Cancel an order from the Trading menu

To cancel an order for a stock using the Menu, click the Trading button

From the drop down menu choose Cancel Orders...

This opens the Cancel Orders window. The tick box by all pending orders is pre-filled with a check mark.

Change the radial button from "All Symbols" to "For Symbol {Sym}"

Now the tick box by the order for the specific symbol has a check mark. Click Cancel 1 Order to cancel the pending order.

Anytime more than on symbol has a check mark in the Cancel Orders window, simply change the radial button to For Symbol to narrow the cancel to the current active symbol.

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