Creating Trades
Order Options
7 min
introduction order options in smart assist allow users to have more control over their trading strategy this guide focuses on two key options order type and order direction order type users can choose from three options for order type market accepts only market trade ideas limit accepts only limit trade ideas neutral (default) executes order type as specified in the original trade idea examples if you select "market" and receive a market trade idea, it will execute as a market order however, if you receive a limit trade idea, it will be ignored if you select "limit" and receive a limit trade idea, it will execute as a limit order however, if you receive a market trade idea, it will be ignored if you select "neutral" and receive a market trade idea, it will execute as a market order if you receive a limit trade idea, it will execute as a limit order order direction users can choose from three options for order direction buy only executes buy trade ideas, ignores sell trade ideas sell only executes sell trade ideas, ignores buy trade ideas neutral (default) executes both buy and sell trade ideas examples if you select "buy" and receive a buy trade idea, it will execute the trade if you receive a sell trade idea, it will be ignored if you select "sell" and receive a sell trade idea, it will execute the trade if you receive a buy trade idea, it will be ignored if you select "neutral" and receive either a buy or sell trade idea, it will execute the trade accordingly how to set up navigate to the smart assist ui after completing the 'account/pairs' section, find the new 'order options' section for order direction, select from the dropdown 'neutral', 'buy', or 'sell' for order type, select from the dropdown 'neutral', 'market', or 'limit' benefits greater control over trading strategy potential reduction in costs associated with market spread and latency ability to focus on specific trade directions (buy or sell) if desired