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How do I place a Limit Order on Proton DEX?

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Limit Order: A Limit Order is an order to buy or sell an asset with a restriction on the maximum price to be paid or the minimum price to be received (the "limit price"). Price needs to be quoted along with assets to buy/sell. This order will be promoted into the Order Book or executed/fills on reaching the limit price(it can be less for buy orders or more for sell orders).

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Before starting:

Getting Started:

  1. Go to the Proton DEX website and connect your WebAuth Wallet
  2. Choose your trading pairs
    • For example, let's say you want to use the XPR/XUSDC pairs. Think of XPR as "asset 'A'" and XUSDC as "asset 'B'"
  3. Scroll down and click the "Limit" tab to start your Limit Order 
    1. BUY: In order to make a BUY Limit order, you will stay on the left window
      • This means you will be buying more of asset "A" by selling asset "B"
        1. For the AMOUNT section: enter the amount of asset "A" that you would like to buy; Enter the target price for asset "B" in the PRICE section
          • The TOTAL section will determine how much of asset "B" will be sold once the target price is reached
        2. Click "Buy ____" once you're ready and authorize the transaction from your WebAuth WalletBuy_Limit_Order.gif
    2. SELL: In order to make a SELL Limit order, you will stay on the right window
      • This means you will be selling asset "A" in order to buy more of asset "B"
        1. For the AMOUNT section: enter the amount of asset "A" that you would like to sell; Enter the target price for asset "B" in the PRICE section
          • The TOTAL section will determine how much of asset "B" will be purchased once the target price is reached
        2. Click "Sell ____" once you're ready and authorize the transaction from your WebAuth WalletSell_Limit_Order.gif

That's it, you've successfully initiated a Limit Order! You can check your transaction status by scrolling down and checking the "Open Orders" tab. From there, you can cancel the Limit Order under the "Actions" section.

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Additional Resources

Click here to learn how to also place the following orders on Proton DEX:

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