# Simple Ordering

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You can use variables **$size** and **$entry** wherever you see \<size> and \<price>. You can  enter \<size> as the base / the underlying asset, in USD value (using "$") or as a percentage of the available balance (using "%"). \<price> can be specified as an absolute price or as a distance from last price (relative or in %). See [Variables](/documentation/terminal-cli/overview.md#variables) for more details
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### Market Orders

| Command Text             | Description                                                 | Example                                  |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| **`buy <size>`**         | Market buy immediately 100 of the underlying                | *`buy 100`*                              |
| **`buy <size>`**         | Market buy immediately with a size worth 1000 USD           | *`buy 1000$`*                            |
| **`buy <size>`**         | Market buy immediately with an amount of available balance  | *`buy 10%`*, *`buy 100%`*                |
| **`sell <size>`**        | Market sell immediately 0.1 of the underlying               | *`sell 0.1`*                             |
| **`sell <size>`**        | Market sell immediately with a size worth 5000 USD          | *`sell 5000$`*                           |
| **`sell <size>`**        | Market sell immediately with an amount of available balance | *`sell 10%`*, *`sell 50%`*               |
| **`buy <size> reduce`**  | Market buy with reduce e.g. unwind a short position         | *`buy 100 reduce`*, *`buy 50% reduce`*   |
| **`sell <size> reduce`** | Market sell with reduce e.g. unwind a long position         | *`sell 10 reduce`*, *`sell 100$ reduce`* |

### Limit Orders

| Command Text                        | Description                                                                  | Example                                                                                                                                        |
| ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **`buy <size> at <price>`**         | Place a limit buy order for the given size at a specified price or distance  | <p><em><code>buy 100 at 13789</code></em><br><em><code>buy 10% at -250</code></em><br><em><code>buy 1000$ at -1%</code></em></p>               |
| **`sell <size> at <price>`**        | Place a limit sell order for the given size at a specified price or distance | <p><em><code>sell 0.5 at 64000</code></em><br><em><code>sell 25% at +100</code></em><br><em><code>sell 1000$ at 0.1%</code></em></p>           |
| **`buy <size> at <price> reduce`**  | Place a reduce limit buy order at the price                                  | <p><em><code>buy 10 at 11000 reduce</code></em><br><em><code>buy 100% at -1% reduce</code></em></p>                                            |
| **`sell <size> at <price> reduce`** | Place a reduce limit sell order at the price                                 | <p><em><code>sell 100$ at 456 reduce</code></em><br><em><code>sell 50% at +300 reduce</code></em></p>                                          |
| **`buy <size> best`**               | Enter the size at the best price in the orderbook (quote)                    | <p><em><code>buy 0.1 best</code></em><br><em><code>buy 1000$ best</code></em><br><em><code>buy 100% best</code></em></p>                       |
| **`sell <size> best`**              | Enter the size at the best price in the orderbook (quote)                    | <p><em><code>sell 100 best</code></em><br><em><code>sell 10000$ best</code></em><br><em><code>sell 10% best</code></em></p>                    |
| **`buy <size> best reduce`**        | Close / reduce a position at best price                                      | <p><em><code>buy 0.25 best reduce</code></em><br><em><code>buy 100% best reduce</code></em><br><em><code>buy 500$ best reduce</code></em></p>  |
| **`sell <size> best reduce`**       | Close / reduce a position at best price                                      | <p><em><code>sell 25 best reduce</code></em><br><em><code>sell 50% best reduce</code></em><br><em><code>sell 5000$ best reduce</code></em></p> |


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