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Market order or limit order: which should you use?

Every order makes the same trade-off between speed and price. You can't fully have both.

A market order buys speed. A limit order buys price. Knowing which one you're choosing is most of what keeps first trades from going wrong.

Speed, price, and the stop in between

Two panels. Left: a market order for 6 units fills across three sell prices for an average of 100.18. Right: a limit order at 99.50 fills only when the price line drops to it.
A market order takes what's on offer and can fill across several prices. A limit order sets the price and waits, and may never fill. Free to reuse

A market order says "do it now". It takes the best prices in the order book until your order is filled. In a busy market that's close to the price you saw; in a thin market it can walk through several price levels.

A limit order says "only at this price or better". A buy limit below the current price waits until sellers come down to it. If the price never gets there, nothing happens.

A stop order turns into a market order once a price you set is reached, often used to limit losses. In a fast fall it can fill well below the stop price.

When to use which

Use a market order when getting in or out right now matters more than the exact price, and the coin is liquid enough that the price won't move much.

Use a limit order when price matters more than speed, when trading a thin coin, or when you want to buy only if the price dips to a level you've chosen.

Stop-loss orders in practice

A stop-loss at $90 on a coin bought at $100 turns into a market sell if the price touches $90. In normal markets it fills near $90.

In a crash, the next available buyers might be at $82, and that's where it fills. A stop-limit order avoids that by refusing to sell below a set price, but then it might not sell at all.

How a market order walks the book

Order book with 1 coin offered at $100.00, 2 at $100.50, 3 at $101.20 and 4 at $102.00. A market buy of 5 coins takes 1 at $100.00, 2 at $100.50 and 2 at $101.20, a total of $503.40 and an average of $100.68, 0.68% above the displayed price.
The quoted price only covers the first coin. A larger market order fills at worse levels until it's done, which is called slippage. Free to reuse

The price on the trading screen is the best ask, and it only applies to the coins offered at that level. A market order fills there first, then moves up to the next price level, and the next, until it is complete. The gap between the price you saw and the average price you paid is called slippage.

Here is an example with a thin order book. One coin is offered at $100.00, two at $100.50, three at $101.20 and four at $102.00. A market buy for five coins takes one at $100.00, two at $100.50 and two at $101.20. That costs $100.00 + $201.00 + $202.40 = $503.40, an average of $100.68 a coin, or 0.68% more than the quoted price. The same order on a deep market might fill entirely at the first level.

You can estimate slippage before you trade by looking at the order book depth on the exchange. Add up the quantities on the ask side until you reach your order size and note the last price you need. Many exchanges also let you set a maximum slippage on market orders, and decentralized exchanges do the same with a slippage tolerance setting. A limit order at a price you accept does the same job more directly.

Why a limit order can fill only in part

Queue of buy orders at $95.00: 30 coins from earlier orders, then your order for 10. Sellers deliver 34 coins before the price bounces to $97.40, so your order fills 4 coins at $95.00 and 6 stay unfilled.
Touching your limit price doesn't guarantee a fill. Orders at the same price are filled oldest first, so you can end up with part of what you wanted. Free to reuse

A limit order joins a queue. Exchanges usually match orders by price first and then by time, so at any single price level the order placed earliest is filled first. Seeing the market touch your limit price tells you some trades happened there, not that yours was one of them.

Say 30 coins of buy orders were already waiting at $95.00 when you added an order for 10. The price dips and sellers deliver 34 coins at $95.00 before buyers at higher prices take over and the price bounces to $97.40. The first 30 go to the orders ahead of you, and you get the remaining 4. Your other 6 stay in the book, waiting for a return to $95.00 that may not come.

Partial fills are normal and harmless in most cases, but they are worth planning for. Check your open orders after a sharp move rather than assuming all or nothing happened. If you need the full amount, a limit a little above the level everyone else is targeting usually fills more reliably. Some exchanges also offer fill-or-kill or immediate-or-cancel options, which control what happens to the unfilled part.

Key terms

Market order
Buy or sell now at the best available prices.
Limit order
Buy or sell only at your price or better.
Stop order
Becomes a market order when a set price is reached.
Maker / taker
Orders that wait in the book vs orders that fill instantly.

Fills and stops are never guaranteed

  1. Whether a limit order fills. It guarantees the price, not the fill.
  2. Where a stop-loss sells. In a fast fall, the next price can be well below your stop.

What people get wrong

Why it matters

The order type decides whether you're choosing speed or price, and it's where many first trades go wrong.

Common questions

Do limit orders cost less in fees?

On many exchanges, orders that wait in the book (makers) pay lower fees than orders that fill instantly (takers). Check your exchange's fee table.

Why didn't my limit order fill when the price reached it?

Other orders at the same price were placed earlier and were filled first, or the price only touched your level for a moment with too few coins traded there. Orders at one price fill oldest first, so the price may need to move past your limit for yours to fill.