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Creating Pending Orders on MT5

How to create Buy Limit, Sell Limit, Buy Stop, and Sell Stop orders

Updated over 3 weeks ago

To place a pending order:

  1. Right click on a symbol in Market Watch

  2. Select New Order

  3. Change order type to Pending Order

  4. Choose the pending order type

  5. Set the entry price

  6. Set optional Stop Loss and Take Profit levels

  7. Click Place

The pending order will activate automatically once price reaches the defined level.

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