# Ordering with Stops

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### Market Orders with Stop

| Command Text                   | Description                                                       | Example                    |
| ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| **`buy <size> stop <price>`**  | Market buy 10 of the underlying with a stop of 1% distance        | *`buy 10 stop 1%`*         |
| **`sell <size> stop <price>`** | Market sell a position worth 5000 USD with a stop at price 100.11 | *`sell 5000$ stop 100.11`* |

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### Limit Orders with Stop

| Command Text                              | Description                                                                                                                             | Example                                                                                                                                                           |
| ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **`buy <size> at <price> stop <price>`**  | Place a limit buy order for the given size at a specified price or distance with a stop at a specified price or distance from the entry | <p><em><code>buy 1 at 25000 stop 19999</code></em><br><em><code>buy 20% at -250 stop -500</code></em><br><em><code>buy 1000$ at -1% stop 10%</code></em></p>      |
| **`sell <size> at <price> stop <price>`** | Place a limit sell order for the given size at a specified price or distance with a stop at a specified price or distance entry         | <p><em><code>sell 0.5 at 64000 stop  65000</code></em><br><em><code>sell 25% at +100 stop 5%</code></em><br><em><code>sell 1000$ at 0.1% stop +50</code></em></p> |
| **`buy <size> best stop <price>`**        | Enter the size at the best price in the orderbook (quote) with a stop at a specified price or distance                                  | *`buy 0.1 best stop 0.5%`*                                                                                                                                        |
| **`sell <size> best stop <price>`**       | Enter the size at the best price in the orderbook (quote) with a stop at a specified price or distance                                  | *`sell 100 best stop 21.5`*                                                                                                                                       |


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