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Order Ticket

The Order Ticket is a small window where you type the price and quantity and hit BUY or SELL. Use it if you'd rather enter orders by number than click a ladder.

Applies to Web and DesktopUpdated 2 Nov 2026Read time 3 min

Beta. The Order Ticket is in beta and isn't on every account yet. If Order Ticket isn't in your Add Widget menu, it isn't on yours.

Open an Order Ticket

  1. In the top bar, click + and choose Order Ticket.
  2. Click the instrument name in the header and pick a symbol.
  3. Choose an account next to the instrument.

The lock icon in the header reads Lock this Order Form while the ticket can trade and Unlock this Order Form only while it's locked. A locked ticket sends nothing.

Send an order

ControlWhat it does
Pos buttonShows your position size on this instrument. Click it to put that size in the quantity box.
Close PositionCloses your position on this instrument and account. It leaves your working orders alone. For orders and position together, use LIQUIDATE in the DOM.
Preset buttonsSet the quantity to 1, 2, 10, 50 or 100. Right-click a preset to change its number.
Order type listMKT, LMT or STP MKT. It starts on LMT.
Time in force listGTC or DAY. It starts on GTC.
OCOLinks two orders so that when one fills, the other is cancelled. See below.
SL and TP buttonsOpen a small window where you switch a stop loss or take profit on and set its distance in ticks. A button reads SL: OFF or TP: OFF while the exit is off.
Quantity boxNumber of contracts, with arrows to go up or down by 1. The minimum is 1.
Price boxThe limit price for LMT or the stop price for STP MKT. The arrows move it one tick. It's disabled for MKT.
BUY and SELLSend the order. The numbers next to them are the quote volume and price.
  1. Set the quantity.
  2. Pick the order type and time in force.
  3. Enter the price, unless the type is MKT.
  4. Switch on SL or TP if you want exits sent with the order.
  5. Click BUY or SELL.

With SL or TP on, the order goes out as a bracket. An order on the opposite side of your open position goes out without exits. More in Strategy, brackets, SL and TP.

Send an OCO pair

  1. Click OCO. The button lights up and the type switches to LMT.
  2. Enter the price and quantity of the first order and click BUY or SELL. Nothing is sent yet.
  3. The type switches to STP MKT. Enter the stop price and click BUY or SELL.

Both orders now go out as one OCO pair. Changed your mind before the second step? Right-click OCO, or click it again, to drop the setup.

If an order doesn't go out

MessageWhat to do
Select an account and instrument before trading.Pick both in the header.
Trading is disabled.The ticket or trading is locked. Answer the prompt, or use the lock icon.
Select a Replay account to trade Market Replay data.Pick Replay 01 as the account while the instrument is on Market Replay data.
Select a live instrument for this account.The instrument comes from Market Replay but the account doesn't. Pick a live instrument or a Replay account.
Order types and time in forceThe order types, quantity controls and time in force in the DOM trade panel, and how a click on the ladder turns them into an order.Strategy, brackets, SL and TPAttach a stop loss and take profit to every ladder order, pick a saved strategy, add exits to an open position and build multi-target strategies.DOM window overviewThe DOM shows the order book as a price ladder. Read buying and selling at each price, and place, move and cancel orders on the ladder.OrdersThe Orders window lists your orders by state, lets you cancel them in bulk, and exports them to CSV.

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