# Sell limit order

**URL:** <https://community.trading212.com/t/sell-limit-order/47363>\
**Category:** 🤝 Help\
**Created:** [March 16, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/sell-limit-order/47363 "2021-03-16T19:41:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Alam18305](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Alam18305](https://community.trading212.com/u/Alam18305)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/sell-limit-order/47363/1 "2021-03-16T19:41:11Z")

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I’ve noticed you can’t set the sell limit order a little ahead of the current market price. Is there a reason why I can’t? For example a stocks current price £1.6 and I’ve tried to set the sell limit order to £2.20 and I get a message saying the price value is too far from the market price. Because if this I’m constantly having to check if price is gone up then execute market order instead.

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**Author:** ![Alien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/57b2e6/32.png) [@Alien](https://community.trading212.com/u/Alien)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/sell-limit-order/47363/2 "2021-03-16T20:40:02Z")

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A post was merged into an existing topic: [Take Profit Limit order; help needed please](https://community.trading212.com/t/take-profit-limit-order-help-needed-please/4684)

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**Author:** ![Alien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/57b2e6/32.png) [@Alien](https://community.trading212.com/u/Alien)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/sell-limit-order/47363/3 "2021-03-16T20:40:02Z")

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