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a stop order won't be automatically fired in after-hours trading?
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stop orders and stop limit orders typically do not execute during extended hours after the general market session has closed. stop orders are market orders and market orders especially are not executed during extended hours. although there are exceptions because a broker can say one thing and do another thing with the way order types are presented to customers vs what their programming actually does. the regulatory burden is a slap on the wrist, so you need to ask the broker what their practices are. orders created during normal market hours do not execute in extended sessions, different orders would have to be made during the extended session. your stop order should execute if the normal market hour price stays below your stop price. so a stop limit would actually be worse here, because a stop limit will create a limit order which may never get hit (since it is above the best bid best ask)
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