Market Orders

Market orders execute instantly against the best available price ticks in the order book.


Market Long

A market‐order buy that immediately opens a position at the best available price // use when you want instant execution.

  • Market tab: Executes immediately at the best available price.

  • Buy / Long (green): Opens a bullish position (you profit if price rises).

  • Price 45.86: The current mark price of the contract.

  • ↻ Last price button: Refreshes the price field to the latest mark.

  • 50 vUSD: Collateral committed (out of your 100 vUSD balance).

  • Half / All shortcuts: Fill the input with 50% or 100% of available collateral.

  • Slider (0–100%) with 25 / 50 / 75% ticks: Adjusts the fraction of collateral deployed.

  • Value 5,000 vUSD: Notional size (= Price × Quantity).

  • Cost 50 vUSD: Collateral locked to support the position.

  • Buy / Long button: Submits the market buy order.


Market Short

A market‐order sell that immediately opens a bearish position at the best available price // use when you want to short the asset right away.

  • Market + Sell / Short (red): Immediate execution of a bearish bet (you profit if price falls).

  • Price 45.86: Entry price field set to the mark price you’ll sell at.

  • Collateral, slider, Value/Cost function identically to Market Long.

  • Sell / Short button submits the market sell order.


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