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private/create-order

POST 
/private/create-order
Creates a new BUY or SELL order.

This call is asynchronous, so the response is simply a confirmation of the request.

The user.order subscription can be used to check when the order is successfully created.

Request​

Body

required
    id int64required

    Request id (echoed in response)

    method stringrequired

    Must be "private/create-order"

    api_key stringrequired

    Your API key (only required for private REST)

    sig stringrequired

    HMAC-SHA256 signature in hex (only required for private REST)

    nonce int64required

    Current timestamp in milliseconds, e.g. "1771761038000".

    params objectrequired
    Base order parameters shared by all create-order variants.
    instrument_name stringrequired

    Instrument symbol, e.g. BTCUSD-PERP

    side OrderSide (string)required

    Possible values: [BUY, SELL]

    BUY or SELL

    quantity decimalrequired

    Order quantity. For MARKET BUY can use notional instead.

    client_oid string

    Client order ID (max 36 chars). Recommended for correlation.

    time_in_force TimeInForce (string)

    Possible values: [GOOD_TILL_CANCEL, IMMEDIATE_OR_CANCEL, FILL_OR_KILL]

    Time in force

    exec_inst ExecInstCreateOrder (string)[]

    Possible values: [POST_ONLY, REDUCE_ONLY, SMART_POST_ONLY, ISOLATED_MARGIN, MARGIN_ORDER]

    Optional array of execution instructions. POST_ONLY and SMART_POST_ONLY mutually exclusive.

    fee_instrument_name string

    Fee instrument (e.g. CRO) for fee deduction

    stp_id string

    Self-trade prevention ID (0 to 32767)

    stp_inst StpInst (string)

    Possible values: [M, T, B]

    Self-trade prevention instruction. Used in private/change-account-settings (params) and private/get-account-settings (result). Mandatory if stp_scope is set.

    • ➖ M: Cancel Maker
    • ➖ T: Cancel Taker
    • ➖ B: Cancel Both Maker and Taker
    stp_scope StpScope (string)

    Possible values: [M, S, D]

    Self-trade prevention scope. Used in private/change-account-settings (params) and private/get-account-settings (result).

    • ➖ M: Matches Master or Sub a/c
    • ➖ S: Matches Sub a/c only
    • ➖ D: reset all STP fields to default (stp_inst and stp_id in same request are ignored).
    type stringrequired

    Possible values: [LIMIT, MARKET]

    Order type: LIMIT or MARKET

    price decimal

    Limit price (required for LIMIT orders)

    notional decimal

    Amount to spend; for MARKET BUY only (alternative to quantity)

    spot_margin SpotMargin (string)

    Possible values: [SPOT, MARGIN]

    SPOT or MARGIN (spot/margin mode).

    isolated_margin_amount decimal

    Isolated margin amount

    isolation_id string

    Isolation ID for isolated margin

    leverage decimal

    Leverage for margin/derivatives

Success.
Schema
    id int64

    Echoed request id

    method string

    Method invoked

    code int32

    0 = success; non-zero indicates error (reason code).

    result object
    Present when code === 0. order_id, client_oid.
    order_id int64

    Newly created order ID

    client_oid string

    Client Order ID from the request, or the request nonce if not provided. Recommend specifying client_oid as nonce can be the same across orders.

    message string

    Response message. Contains additional reason when code !== 0.

    original string

    Present when code !== 0.