Order Types

Order Types on Aurora

Aurora supports a wide variety of order types and options, allowing traders to customize execution strategies to fit their trading style.


Core Order Types

  • Market Order Executes immediately at the current market price.

  • Limit Order Executes only at the specified limit price or better.

  • Stop Market Order Becomes a market order once the selected stop price is reached. Commonly used to limit losses or lock in profits.

  • Stop Limit Order Becomes a limit order once the stop price is reached.

  • Scale Order Places multiple limit orders within a defined price range.


Order Options

  • Reduce Only Ensures the order only decreases an existing position, rather than flipping into a new opposite position.

  • Good-Til-Cancelled (GTC) Order remains on the book until fully filled or manually canceled.

  • Post Only (Also known as ALO) Adds the order to the book without executing immediately. Guarantees the order provides liquidity instead of taking it.

  • Immediate or Cancel (IOC) Executes immediately for available size, and cancels any unfilled portion.

  • Take Profit (TP) Triggers once the specified TP price is reached. Used to capture gains.

  • Stop Loss (SL) Triggers once the specified SL price is reached. Used to limit downside risk.


TP & SL Notes

  • TP and SL orders are typically set to help manage targets and risk.

  • By default, TP/SL are market orders, but you can configure them with a limit price and specify the portion of your position to close.

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