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how will a limit order be executed when the stock market opens if there is a large change from the price of the day before?
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the next day the market opens trading at 10.50, you haven't specified whether you limit order for $10.10 is to buy or sell. when the trading opens next day, it follows the same process of matching the orders. so if you have put a limit order to buy at $10.10 and there is no sell order at that price, your trade will not go through. if you have placed a limit sell order at $10.10 and there is a buyer at or higher price, it would go through. the open price is the price of the first trade of the day.
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