Trading Mechanics
Order Types
Information about different order types available on GTE
Order Types
Order Types
- Market: An order that executes immediately at the current mark price
- Limit: An order that executes at the selected limit price or better
- Stop Market: An order that becomes a market order when the trigger price is reached
- Stop Limit: An order that becomes a limit order when the trigger price is reached
- TWAP: Time-Weighted Average Price order that splits a large order into smaller pieces executed over time
Order Options
- Reduce Only: An order that can only reduce an existing position, not increase it or open a new position.
- Post Only (ALO): An order that is added to the order book but doesn’t execute immediately
- Fill or Kill (FOK): An order that must be filled entirely or not at all
- Immediate or Cancel (IOC): An order that will be canceled if not immediately filled
- Take Profit: An order that automatically closes a position when the price reaches a specified profit target
- Stop Loss: An order that automatically closes a position when the price reaches a specified loss threshold