# Stop and limit didn’t work

**URL:** https://community.trading212.com/t/stop-and-limit-didn-t-work/5475
**Category:** 🤝 Help
**Created:** [April 28, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/stop-and-limit-didn-t-work/5475 "2020-04-28T18:49:47Z")
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### Author: ![Lanaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Lanaf](https://community.trading212.com/u/Lanaf)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/stop-and-limit-didn-t-work/5475/1 "2020-04-28T18:49:47Z")

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Hi there,  
I don’t really understand how the stop and limit work if I placed a stop yesterday and the price dropped bellow it but the share wasn’t sold.  
I am new here and still practicing so please help.

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### Author: ![Vedran](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/vedran/32/182_2.png) [@Vedran](https://community.trading212.com/u/Vedran)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/stop-and-limit-didn-t-work/5475/2 "2020-04-28T19:25:00Z")

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## Real World Example of a Stop-Limit Order

For example, assume that Apple Inc. (AAPL) is trading at $170.00 and an investor wants to buy the stock once it begins to show some serious upward momentum. The investor has put in a stop-limit order to buy with the stop price at $180.00 and the limit price at $185.00. If the price of AAPL moves above the $180.00 stop price, the order is activated and turns into a limit order. As long as the order can be filled under $185.00, which is the limit price, the trade will be filled. If the stock gaps above $185.00, the order will not be filled.

Reason why your order didn’t go is that once stop was triggered, Limit price is never achieved.

I am not sure what you are trying to configure.

But lets say you want to sell if price reaches 13.90$ , willing to sell lowest at 13.50$.

So you would set 13.90$ Stop, 13.50$ Limit. So it would sell stock once 13.90$ is reached, but only if order can be achieved for minimum of 13.50$…

In your case 17.90$ was never reached so sell never occurs.

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### Author: ![Lanaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Lanaf](https://community.trading212.com/u/Lanaf)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/stop-and-limit-didn-t-work/5475/3 "2020-04-29T07:48:19Z")

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Thank you!  
Got it! 👍