Be it stock market, bond market, financial derivatives or cryptocurrency exchanges, orders are the foundation of any trade that happens on trading platforms. Order is a contract to buy or sell any asset on trading venues. Such contracts can be simple or complicated and can be sent through brokers or direct market access. Crypto derivatives exchange provider provides different types of orders to the traders. Let us deep dive these in detail:
Market Order
Example
User inputs: Quantity
Market order example
Quantity = 50 contracts
Direction = Buy
A buy order for 50 contracts will be sent to the order book.
Limit Orders
The trader can opt-in for the limit order when he/she is very particular about the price of the cryptocurrency. It is defined by the limit price in which a buyer (limit buy price) and the seller (limit sell price) will set below and above the market price respectively. The order is executed when the market price reaches the limit set by the traders. If the order is not executed, then the limit order is added to the order book.
Example
Quantity = 10 Contracts
Limit Price = 200
Direction = Buy
A bid of 10 contracts will be placed in the market with a Limit price of 200.
Stop Order
Stop order is carried out only when the “stop level” has been reached. The trader has to input two prices for a stop order namely stop price and the limit price. When the market price reaches the stop price, the stop order is triggered. Once the stop order is triggered, the trade is executed at the limit price. It represents the worst price at which the trader’s order can be matched.
Stop order is used as a risk management strategy to limit the losses as well as an automatic tool to take a position in the market at the desired entry point without manual intervention.
Example – Stop Sell
The current price of a futures contract is $10,000. Mr. A has a long futures position and wishes to limit his loss if the price declines. So he submits a stop sell order having a stop price of $9500 and a limit price of $9000. Due to COVID-19, the futures price falls to $9500. This activates the stop sell order trigger at $9000. The futures position will be cleared (sold) at a price of $9000 or higher if there is any buyer for it.
Example – Stop Buy
The current price of a futures contract is $10,000. Mr. A has a long futures position and hopes that if the price increases to $10100, it can touch $11000. So he submits a stop buy order having a stop price of $10100 and a limit price of $10200. Due to the lifting of lockdown in the COVID-19 situation, the futures price rise to $10100. This activates the stop buy order to trigger at $10200. The futures position will be cleared (buy) at a price of $10200 or lower if there is any seller for it.
