Market Price Protection on Angel One: Safeguarding Your Orders
Market Price Protection (MPP) is a feature that ensures your market order is converted to a limit order within a predefined price range. It is used to safeguard an investor from sudden and extreme price movements, and becomes essential in volatile or illiquid markets.
When the message “Your market order is protected” is flashed on the order window, it means the investor’s market order will execute as a limit order with a small buffer over the current market price. This buffer is part of Angel One’s risk controls that are aimed to prevent unfavorable price execution due to market volatility.
Angel One calculates MPP percentages internally and it is based on the type of instrument and in adherence to the regulatory framework provided by exchanges. Below are the buffers defined by our internal policies for enhanced market price protection:
When the price moves beyond the MPP range, your order might remain partially executed or unexecuted until the price returns within the specified limit. The MPP is integrated directly into the order window and provides investors with controlled execution, reduced slippage, and regulatory compliance.
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