The trade ticket

The trade ticket is the order form. Pick a side, choose market or limit, set your size, and optionally attach a stop and target - the ticket previews your fill price and commission before you submit. A paper/live toggle decides whether the order goes to the simulator or, in live mode, to your exchange.

Where: Trade panelModes: Paper / Live

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The trade ticket with side, order type, size, brackets, and the fill preview

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Overview

The ticket walks the order down in order: side (long or short), order type (market or limit), and size, which you can enter as USD notional or as base coins. For limit orders you add a limit price; flip on the SL/TP toggle to attach a stop and target. Below the inputs a preview estimates your fill price and the commission you will pay.

Before it lets you submit, the ticket validates your order against the market’s rules - minimum and maximum size, the price tick, and the lot step - so you can’t send something the exchange would reject. In live mode it also shows the desktop-trader connection status, since a live order needs the bridge online.

How to use

1. Choose Long or Short, then Market or Limit.

2. Enter your size. Use the unit toggle to switch between USD notional and base coins.

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   Entering size with the USD / base-coin unit toggle

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3. For a limit order, set the limit price. To add brackets, turn on SL/TP and set the stop and target.

4. Check the fill preview - the estimated fill price and commission.

5. Confirm the paper/live toggle, then submit. In live mode, watch the connection status dot first.

The ticket fields

Field	Options	Notes
Side	Long / Short	Direction of the trade
Order type	Market / Limit	Limit reveals a price field
Size	USD notional or base coins	Toggle the unit
Limit price	Price	Limit orders only
SL / TP	On / Off	Attach a stop and target
Preview	Fill price + commission	Estimated before submit
Mode	Paper / Live	Where the order routes

Tip

Validation against tick and lot step rounds your numbers to what the market accepts - if a price or size snaps when you submit, that’s the ticket keeping the order valid.

Caution

In live mode the order hits a real exchange. Confirm the connection dot is green and re-read side, size, and price before submitting.

Related

• Brackets & drag-to-set TP/SL - attach and adjust stops and targets.
• Right-click chart entry - a faster way to place from the chart.
• Live trading - what the live toggle routes to.