On the order panel, you can choose to place a market, limit, or stop order. A market order will execute immediately at the current market price. A limit order lets you set your own price, as well as set some advanced order execution options. A stop order lets you specify the price at which the order...
Trading Fees GDAX uses a maker-taker fee model. Orders that provide liquidity ("maker orders") are charged different fees than orders that take liquidity ("taker orders"). Currently, all markets have a maker fee of 0%. Taker fees range from 0.10% to 0.30% based upon the customers trailing 30 day...
You cannot trade with yourself on GDAX. If you create a buy or sell order for the same price as another matching order then they will cancel each other out. This behaviour can be further modified for various situations if you are using the trading API (FIX, Websockets, and REST are fully supported)...
To create an API key unique to your trading account: Start by clicking the menu button at the top right of the GDAX dashboard. Select 'API' link from the menu under the 'Trade' section. Or access the setting page directly: https://www.gdax.com/settings/api. Next, enter a passphrase, select th...
Funds that are currently allocated to open orders are displayed in the Holds section of your Accounts page. Select Accounts from the top menu and then select Holds to view these. Open orders are also visible on the main trading page below the price chart. All orders placed on hold will include a "...
To cancel an open order, first make sure you're viewing the trading dashboard for the market on which your order was placed (e.g. https://www.gdax.com/trade/LTC-BTC or BTC-USD, ETH-BTC, etc). Your open orders will be listed in the Open Orders panel in the lower middle of the trading dashboard. ...
The "Realtime-Data Offline" message indicates that you have lost your connection to the GDAX website, and the data in your browser is no longer being updated. This message is usually seen when you have disconnected from your wifi, or experience another type of connectivity problem. If you see this ...
GDAX features a slippage warning for trades placed using the web interface, in order to prevent customers from accidentally placing orders they had not intended. The GDAX Web Interface will display a warning if you attempt to place an order that would execute more than 2% outside of the last trade ...
Using the 'Open orders' tab* you can see each order that is currently awaiting fulfillment. The details of each order are available, and these are updated as they are filled or cancelled. You can cancel an individual order from this panel, or select the 'Cancel All' button to cancel all open order...
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