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Trading → Create Stop Loss Limit Order

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Summary

Create a stop-loss limit order via the Lighter trading backend

Inputs

  • tradingMarketIndex — Market index (0=ETH, 1=BTC, 2=SOL, etc.)
  • tradingSide — Order side: Buy / Long or Sell / Short
  • tradingSize — Order size in base asset
  • tradingReduceOnly — Whether order can only reduce an existing position (recommended true for SL)
  • tradingTriggerPrice — Price that triggers the conditional order
  • tradingExecutionPrice — Price at which order executes after trigger (leave 0 to use trigger price)

Output shape

object

JSON response from the Lighter trading backend containing order confirmation details

Examples

Example 1: Create a sell stop-loss limit order for BTC with trigger and execution prices

Set tradingMarketIndex to 1, tradingSide to sell, tradingSize to 0.001, tradingReduceOnly to true, tradingTriggerPrice to 25000, and tradingExecutionPrice to 24900

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