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Limit orders - are passive orders, when you want to buy or sell a stock for the better price compared with the market price. The order is filled when the price reaches your specified price. Not immediately
Market orders - are active, aggressive orders, when you want to buy or sell a stock immediately.
Limit orders are paired with market orders
The active seller will get slippage, if the bid orders do not have liquidity. You think that you sell for one price but you get for a worse price.
The active buyer will get gap, if the ask orders do not have liquidity. You think that you buy for one price but you get for a worse price.
Red candle doesn’t mean that there is more sellers then buyers.
Green candle doesn't mean that there is more buyers then sellers
There are equal numbers of sellers and buyers in the contract (in the candle).

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