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In Entry Finance, an order and a position are not the same thing. An order is an instruction you send to the market. A position appears only after that instruction is executed. One position can also have more than one related order attached to it, for example a Take Profit order and a Stop Loss order. This distinction is important because a user may place an order and then wonder why nothing shows in Positions yet. If the order has not filled, it will remain in Orders. Once it is executed, it becomes a live position.
  • Order = a request to buy or sell
  • Position = active market exposure after the order is filled
For example:
  • a Market order usually executes immediately, so it often creates a position right away
  • a Limit order may stay open for some time, so it will appear in Orders until the market reaches that price

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Before you place an order

All orders are created from the Entry Finance trading panel on the right side of the terminal.
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Before submitting an order, check these fields:
  • Selected market, for example BTC-USDC. This shows which asset you are about to trade. Every order in the panel applies only to the currently selected market, so it is worth checking this first before you place the trade.
  • Order type: Market or Limit. This controls how the order is sent to the market. Market means the order is executed immediately at the best available price. Limit means you choose the price and the order will wait until the market reaches it.
  • Direction: Long or Short Long means you are trading for price growth. Short means you are trading for price decline. This choice determines how your PnL reacts after the order is filled.
  • Margin mode and leverage, for example Cross 20x This controls how much margin is used and how the position is managed. The margin mode decides whether the trade uses shared account collateral or only margin assigned to that specific position. Leverage increases exposure relative to the capital you commit, but it also increases liquidation risk.
  • Order size This is the amount you want to trade. In the current Entry panel, size is entered in USDC. The larger the size, the more margin the trade uses and the more sensitive the position becomes to price moves.
  • Optional Take Profit and Stop Loss These are exit instructions you can set before opening the position. Take Profit closes the trade if price moves to your target. Stop Loss closes the trade if price moves against you and reaches your risk limit. Setting them in advance helps define the trade before it is live.
If needed, click the leverage button to open the Leverage & Margin window. In the current Entry Finance interface, you can choose:
  • Cross All open positions share the same available margin. This reduces the chance of one position being liquidated too quickly, but it also means more of your account balance can be exposed to the trade.
  • Isolated Only the margin assigned to that position is at risk. This keeps the rest of the account more protected, but the position can be liquidated faster if it moves against you.
Cross uses your broader available balance as margin. Isolated limits risk to the margin assigned to that specific position. For the practical difference in how the liquidation boundary behaves, see Liquidation price and risk engine.

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Place a market order

Use a Market order when you want to enter the trade immediately at the best available price.
  1. Look at the trading panel on the right side of the terminal.
  2. Make sure the correct market is selected.
  3. In the order type dropdown, select Market.
  4. Choose Long if you want to buy, or Short if you want to sell.
  5. Check the margin mode and leverage shown at the top of the panel.
  6. If you want to change them, click the leverage area and select Cross or Isolated, then set the leverage amount and confirm.
  7. Enter the trade size in USDC.
  8. If you want to define exits in advance, fill in TP Take Profit and SL Stop Loss.
  9. Review the margin bar and the estimated order details at the bottom of the panel.
  10. Click the main Long or Short button to submit the order.
Because a market order is designed to execute immediately, it will usually create a position right away. After execution:
  • the position appears in the Positions tab
  • any attached exits can appear in the Orders tab

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Place a limit order

Use a Limit order when you want to enter only at a specific price instead of taking the current market price.
  1. Open the trading panel.
  2. Select the correct market.
  3. In the order type dropdown, choose Limit.
  4. Choose Long or Short.
  5. Set the margin mode and leverage if needed.
  6. Enter the order size.
  7. Enter the limit price where you want the order to execute.
  8. Optionally set Take Profit and Stop Loss.
  9. Review the order details.
  10. Click the main order button to place the order.
If the market does not reach your limit price, the order will remain open and will not create a position yet. That means:
  • the order appears in the Orders tab
  • no position appears in the Positions tab until the order fills

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Use take profit and stop loss when creating the order

Entry Finance lets you set Take Profit and Stop Loss directly in the order panel before sending the trade. This is useful because the exit plan can be attached at the moment of entry instead of being added later. In the current interface, the panel includes:
  • direct price fields
  • quick buttons such as 25%, 50%, and 75%
When these values are set, Entry Finance uses them as exit instructions for the position after it opens.

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Where to see your open positions

After an order is filled, go to the lower panel of the trading screen and open the Positions tab.
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This tab shows your live positions, including key information such as:
  • coin
  • size
  • value
  • margin
  • entry price and market price
  • liquidation price
  • unrealized PnL
  • funding
  • TP / SL
If the liquidation number looks closer than expected, review Liquidation price and risk engine before adding size or increasing leverage. If you placed a market order and it executed successfully, this is the first place to check.

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Where to see your open orders

Go to the lower panel of the trading screen and open the Orders tab.
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This is where you can see orders that are still active, waiting to be filled, or attached to a position. This is especially important for:
  • limit entries that have not filled yet
  • exit orders linked to a position
  • orders you may want to edit or cancel later
If you send a limit order and do not see a position yet, check the Orders tab first.

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What happens after the order fills

Once the market reaches your order and it is executed:
  • the open order disappears from the active orders list
  • the trade becomes a position
  • the position appears in Positions
If the order is only partially filled, you may still see related order activity until the full size is completed or canceled.

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A simple way to think about it

When you click Long or Short, you are not always opening a position immediately. Sometimes you are sending an instruction to the market first. That instruction lives in the Orders tab. Only after execution does it become a live position in the Positions tab.