Immediate or cancel

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Immediate or cancel (aka. Fill and Kill or Must be filled) is a security order type instructing that quantity of the the bid or ask is to be executed in full, whatever the price. Once entered, this type of order must be met in full as soon as trading commences. If the order cannot be executed in full it will be cancelled by the market. It differs from a fill or kill order in that a partial execution is accepted.