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# Submitting Your First Order

#### Quick Start Tutorial

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#### Comprehensive Tutorial

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## **Order Entry**

Note: These explanations are mainly relevant for the dashboard UI, for API usage, refer to [API documentation](/interacting-with-the-api/metabuilder-framework.md) for precise details on constraints and expected format of inputs.

| Field                                                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Account                                                   | Select one or more accounts to execute the trade.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Base Asset Quantity                                       | Allows you to speicfy the number of tokens (Base Asset) you would like to trade (e.g. I want to trade 5 BTC, for BTC-USDT).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Quote Asset Quantity                                      | Allows you to input the dollar amount (quote asset) you would like to trade. (e.g. I want to trade $2000 worth of BTC-USDT)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| [Strategy](/creating-and-submitting-orders/strategies.md) | A preset execution configuration that combines a selected trajectory with advanced settings to optimize order execution. Refer to the [Strategies](/creating-and-submitting-orders/strategies.md) section for further details.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Limit Price (Optional)                                    | <p>Sets a price cap for the order. The order will not execute at a price worse than the specified limit.<br><br>After you set a limit price, you will notice that the <a href="/pages/Gpqkf9DD0wSI21rEd0jr">OOL Pause </a>check mark is ticked. When this is ticked, it means that if market prices are outside the limit price you set, the algorithm pauses execution; the order duration does not get counted get counted. <br><br>Example: I run an algo order to buy 1 BTC over duration of 60 minutes at a set limit price of $100,000. The algo will only operate when the price is $100,000 or lower. If it is higher, the algo pauses. </p> |
| Duration                                                  | Defines the total execution time for the order in minutes. For multi-day orders, the order is automatically split up into multi-day algo orders each lasting a day.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Time Start (Optional)                                     | Specifies when the order should begin execution.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Time End (Optional)                                       | Specifies when the order should stop execution. If both Time Start and Time End are set, the system calculates the duration automatically.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

### **Advanced Settings**

| [Trajectory](/creating-and-submitting-orders/advanced-settings/trajectories.md)                             | Determines the execution schedule, defining how orders are distributed over time to achieve optimal execution outcomes.                                      |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Participation Rate Target](/creating-and-submitting-orders/advanced-settings/participation-rate-target.md) | Defines the target share of market volume the engine aims to execute at, dynamically adjusting execution to match this rate.                                 |
| [Participation Rate Limit](/creating-and-submitting-orders/advanced-settings/participation-rate-limit.md)   | Sets the maximum percentage of market volume the order can interact with at any given time, preventing excessive exposure.                                   |
| [Passiveness](/creating-and-submitting-orders/advanced-settings/passiveness.md)                             | Controls the placement depth of limit orders. Higher passiveness results in deeper order book placement, prioritizing price efficiency over execution speed. |
| [Discretion](/creating-and-submitting-orders/advanced-settings/discretion.md)                               | Allows for controlled variation in execution, enabling more passive fills at the expense of increased tracking variance relative to the benchmark price.     |
| [Alpha Tilt](/creating-and-submitting-orders/advanced-settings/alpha-tilt.md)                               | Adjusts the execution curve by front-loading or back-loading the order distribution.                                                                         |
| [Max OTC Percentage](/creating-and-submitting-orders/advanced-settings/max-otc-percentage.md)               | Defines the maximum percentage of the order that can be executed through over-the-counter (OTC) Request for Quotes (RFQs), reducing on-exchange footprint.   |
| [Passive Only](/creating-and-submitting-orders/advanced-settings/passive-only.md)                           | Ensures the order is executed exclusively using passive limit orders, market orders will not be used throughout execution.                                   |
| [Active Limit](/creating-and-submitting-orders/advanced-settings/active-limit.md)                           | Enables dynamic limit order placement, adjusting prices in real time based on market conditions.                                                             |
| [Reduce Only](/creating-and-submitting-orders/advanced-settings/reduce-only.md)                             | Restricts the order to only reducing existing positions, preventing accidental position increases. *Not available on OKX.*                                   |
| [Spot Leverage](/creating-and-submitting-orders/advanced-settings/spot-leverage.md)                         | Enables margin trading for spot orders. *(Only applicable for Bybit.)*                                                                                       |
