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Post From: Sell Stop above the market (Gold)

[2017-07-21 11:31:54]
User847587 - Posts: 18
I set a sell stop about $2 higher than market ($1250). SC sold the position at current prices with a market order, taking me out of the position. Why does SC do that? Am I supposed to use stop limits?

See below:

2017-07-21 07:02:49  2017-07-21 07:02:52  GC.20170800.CME_CO  Filled  527  Stop  Sell  Close  2  1250.0  0.0  2  1247.6  0  Day    D61A7053-ADD0-40DD-8E2F-C81E51D2F358  May4CCbob  0  0  CTS order update (Trade)  527.134      0.0  0.0