Limit Order

A limit order buys or sells only at your price or better — "buy ETH at $3,000 or lower" — waiting in the order book until matched. The opposite is a market

A limit order buys or sells only at your price or better — “buy ETH at $3,000 or lower” — waiting in the order book until matched. The opposite is a market order: fill immediately at whatever price exists, bleeding slippage on thin books.

Why it matters

Limit orders are how you refuse to donate to volatility: set your price, walk away, let the market come to you. On DEXs, limit functionality (or tight-range positions) similarly protects against sandwiching your own market buy. Amateurs market-buy breakouts; professionals leave limits and wait.

Related terms

order book ·
exchange · slippage

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