Ordering with Stops

Please read the page on Simple Ordering first

Note: all commands operate on the currently viewed instrument only

Market Orders with Stop

Command TextDescriptionExample

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

Limit Orders with Stop

Command TextDescriptionExample

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

buy 1 at 25000 stop 19999 buy 20% at -250 stop -500 buy 1000$ at -1% stop 10%

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

sell 0.5 at 64000 stop 65000 sell 25% at +100 stop 5% sell 1000$ at 0.1% stop +50

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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