How To Cancel A Pending Stock Order
There are four main ways to cancel a pending order
- From the chart
- From the Orders window
- From a WatchList
- From the Trading Menu
Click the Cancel button (X) on the order line
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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.
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When an order is pending, it will be found in the Orders window. (For more on using the Orders window click here.)
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To cancel the order from the Orders window, right click on the order in the window
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Select Cancel Order from the right-click menu.
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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.
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To cancel an order for a stock in a WatchList, right click on the symbol row in the WatchList
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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.
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To cancel an order for a stock using the Menu, click the Trading button
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From the drop down menu choose Cancel Orders...
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This opens the Cancel Orders window. The tick box by all pending orders is pre-filled with a check mark.
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Change the radial button from "All Symbols" to "For Symbol {Sym}"
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Now the tick box by the order for the specific symbol has a check mark. Click Cancel 1 Order to cancel the pending order.
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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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