5. Trading: Orders

The Orders page is the operational workspace for viewing, filtering, creating, and editing client orders. It surfaces key fields required by risk, pricing, and execution, and enforces margin and trading-calendar rules from Configurations.

Finding the page

Left navigation → Trading → Orders.

Page layout & controls

1. Total — number of orders in the current view (respects filters).

2. Filter — opens the advanced filter panel (see §4).

3. + Add — opens the create-order form (see §5).

4. Table — sortable columns; actions appear on each row (see §3.3).

Table overview

Columns (typical)

Notes:
Visible columns can vary by environment/role.
Values respect the pair’s price precision and lot rules defined in Configurations.

Sorting: Click the header of sortable columns (e.g., ID, Type, Price, Quantity, Status, Created at, Updated at, Executed at (UTC)) to toggle ascending/descending.

Row actions (common)

1. Edit — open the edit panel for the selected order (see §6).

2. Copy/Link — copy a deep link to this order (for ops tickets, chats).

3. Close/Cancel — request order closure/cancellation where policy allows (open orders only).

Filtering & searching

Open Filter to combine multi-criteria searches. All filters are optional; applying them updates Total and the table.

Fields:

1. Created date — range filter (Start date → End date).

2. Updated date — range filter (Start date → End date).

3. Executed date (UTC) — range filter based on execution timestamp recorded in UTC.
   

4. Client (Email, UID) — single-select from known clients.

5. Asset ID — narrow by account/portfolio identifier.

6. Symbol — instrument/pair.

7. Side — BUY or SELL.

8. Type — e.g., MARKET (others if configured).

9. Status — OPEN or CLOSE.

10. Margin — toggle to show only margin-enabled orders if your instance differentiates.

Click Save in the filter panel to apply.

Creating an order

Click + Add to open the create-order form (exact fields vary by enabled order types).

Common fields:

1. Client / Asset ID — who and which trading account the order belongs to.

2. Symbol — target instrument/pair.

3. Side — BUY or SELL.

4. Type — typically MARKET; other types (e.g., LIMIT) may be available depending on configuration.

5. Price — required for limit/stop; informational/locked for market orders.

6. Quantity — number of units/lots. Enforced against pair Lot volume.

7. Stop loss / Take profit — optional risk controls.

8. Swap long / Swap short — visible when applicable to the instrument.

Business rules at create:
Trading calendar — if a non-trading window (weekend/holiday) applies to the symbol’s time zone, the order is blocked.
Margin check — pre-trade validation must pass:

Then the account’s free balance must meet or exceed the pair’s Margin requirement (%) of the collateral. If insufficient, creation is rejected with an insufficient-margin error.
Precision & steps — price and quantity must align with the pair’s precision/minimum step.

Submit the form to place the order. On success, the order appears in the table.

Editing an order

Select Edit on a row to open the side panel.

Editable fields (typical):
Price — for pending/limit orders (market orders may be read-only).
Quantity — within policy limits and available margin.
Swap long / Swap short — where policy allows manual override.
Stop loss / Take profit — risk parameters adjustable by risk team.

Managers have extended control over open orders:
Order Price Adjustment – ability to modify the opening price of an order to increase or decrease profitability.
User PnL Overview – aggregate PnL across all open trades for quick monitoring and reaction.
Margin Adjustment – managers can manually add or subtract a static margin value (positive or negative) in the relevant currency, increasing or decreasing the locked margin.

Validation & behavior:
All edits are re-validated against precision, lot size, and margin availability.
If the instrument is in a non-trading window, actions may be restricted.
Saving applies changes immediately; the audit log records before/after values with user and timestamp.

Margin call notifications:
When a trader’s available balance declines toward critical levels, the platform issues staged warnings:

1. At 20% of required margin, an early warning is sent to the user.

2. If the balance falls below 10%, one or more open positions are liquidated automatically according to platform policy.

This mechanism helps users take corrective action before forced liquidation.

Closing / canceling an order

Close a position from the row actions when status is OPEN.
Cancel applies to unfilled pending orders (if such types are enabled).
System enforces trading-calendar rules and available liquidity; resulting fills and residuals are reflected back in the table.

Interaction with other Trading settings

1. Configurations → Trading pairs: Spread, Commission, Swap, Margin requirement (%), Margin ratio, Lot volume, and Timezone drive order pricing, fees, and margin checks.

2. Configurations → Weekends/Holidays: when active for a symbol’s time zone, order creation and execution are blocked.

3. Price deltas: if active for a symbol, orders execute against the adjusted price stream during the delta window.

Quote storage optimization

Performance improvements have been implemented to optimize the storage and retrieval of price quotes. These optimizations reduce memory usage and improve throughput during high-frequency trading without altering user-facing workflows.

Audit & security

Every create, edit, and close/cancel event is written to the audit log with user, time, and before/after payloads.
Permissions are role-based; elevated edits (e.g., manual margin or swap overrides) are restricted to risk/admin roles.

Monitoring, health check, and logging

Comprehensive monitoring and statistics have been added across all trading platform services to ensure stable operations.

1. Health checks provide continuous status indicators for each subsystem.

2. Centralized logging aggregates events and errors into a unified store for faster issue identification.

3. Statistics dashboards support performance analysis and proactive incident detection.

These features strengthen system stability and shorten troubleshooting time without requiring user intervention.

Examples

1. Filter to open market buys for a specific client this week
   Set Created date to the current week, Client to the email/UID, Side=BUY, Type=MARKET, Status=OPEN, then Save.

2. Create a market buy on BTC/USDT
   Choose Client/Asset ID, set Symbol=BTC/USDT, Side=BUY, Type=MARKET, Quantity=1. Submit. The system runs margin checks using the pair’s Margin ratio and Margin requirement (%).

3. Adjust stop loss / take profit
   Open Edit on the order, set Stop loss and Take profit to desired levels consistent with instrument precision, then Save. Changes are audited.

Glossary (orders)

1. Market order — executes immediately at the best available price.

2. Limit order — posts at a specified price; fills when price is reached.

3. Swap — overnight fee for carrying a position to the next session (long/short specific).

4. Lot volume — base quantity unit defined per pair.

5. Margin requirement (%) — minimum collateral percent required to open/maintain a position.

6. Margin ratio (leverage) — factor used in the margin formula to compute required collateral.

7. Status — OPEN (active) or CLOSE (closed/exited).