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  • Market Stops
  • Positionlinked Stop
  • Limit Stops
  1. Terminal CLI

Stops

The stop command is designed to be easy to use and has a few different options for placement.

Market Stops

Place a Market stop. You can do this with or without an open position.

Command
Description
Example

stop at <price>

Quick & easy placement with an open position, uses the open position's size, price can be absolute, relative or percentage

stop at 0.1%, stop at -100, stop at 18500

stop buy at <price> stop sell at <price>

Same as above, use this if you have a hedged position open

stop buy at +100, stop sell at 1%

stop <size> at <price>

Use specific size. Useful for partial stop

stop 500$ at 1%

stop buy <size> at <price> stop sell <size> at <price>

Same as above, but needed for hedged position Also useful if you don't yet have a position open

stop buy 500$ at 1%, stop sell 0.01 at -100

Positionlinked Stop

Not available for all exchanges. Place a Positionlinked / "CLOSE" stop which stays "synced" in size to your position and will always fully close it. You can do this only with an open position.

Command
Description
Example

pstop at <price>

Positionlinked stop for an open position, price can be absolute, relative or percentage

pstop at 0.1%, pstop at -1000, pstop at 1500

pstop buy at <price> pstop sell at <price>

Positionlinked stop for a hedged position

pstop buy at +200, pstop sell at 2%

Limit Stops

Place a Limit stop. You can do this with or without an open position.

Limit Stops are the same syntax as Market Stops, just add trigger <price> to the end! Trigger must be an absolute price.

Command
Description
Example

stop at <price> trigger <trigprice>

Quick limit stop placement with a trigger. trigprice must be an absolute price

stop at 0.1% trigger 18500

stop buy at <price> trigger <trigprice> stop sell at <price> trigger <trigprice>

Same as above, use this if you have a hedged position open

stop buy at +100 trigger 19500

stop <size> at <price> trigger <trigprice>

Use specific size. Useful for partial stop

stop 500$ at 1% trigger 19000

stop buy <size> at <price> trigger <trigprice> stop sell <size> at <price> trigger <trigprice>

Same as above, but needed for hedged position Also useful if you don't yet have a position open

stop buy 500$ at 1% trigger 1500

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