I was looking at a stock this morning there was just over 80,000...

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    I was looking at a stock this morning there was just over 80,000 shares for sale at a price. So i put an order on to buy 100,000 at that price. The moment I pressed the button, i bought just over 31,000 of them, the other 50,000 disappeared.. the rest of my order (remember it was 1 order of 100,000 shares ) displayed at just under 19000 , and a seperate order of 50,000.

    Can a broker portion out an order without my consent, so it appears 2 buyers ???
 
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