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.
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.
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.
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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