# Market

Market orders are your fastest way to enter or exit a position as they execute immediately at the best available price. 

#### How to place a Market order

1. **Find the token:** Locate the token you want to trade from the **Trenches** or **Trending** page, or paste its contract address directly into the search bar on the **Trade** page.
2. **Open the Trade panel:** Ensure **Market** is selected (not Limit), choose **Buy** or **Sell**, and select a **Preset** if you have one saved.
3. **Enter your order size:** Input the **Amount** you want to buy or sell, use the shortcut buttons for quick entries, and confirm your connected **wallet** and **network**.
4. **Review execution settings:** Check and manually adjust your **slippage**, **priority fee**, **bribe**, or **MEV protection** settings to optimize speed, stability, and transaction success.
5. **Attach an Advanced Trading Strategy (optional, only for BUY orders):** Toggle **Advanced Trading Strategy** and click **Add Strategy** if you want automated sell actions to trigger after your market **Buy** is executed.
6. **Review and execute your trade:** Double-check your inputs, fees, and settings, then click **Place Order** to execute immediately at the best available market price.

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#### Advanced Trading Strategies (post-buy automation)

You may attach one or many to each Market Buy order. Each rule independently monitors the chain and will place a **sell** when its condition is met. The first confirmed on-chain trigger executes its configured sell. Subsequent rules may fail if there’s no remaining balance.

**Take Profit (TP)**\
\&#xNAN;*Sell the purchased amount if price reaches X.*\
Example: “Sell 100% at $0.012”.

**Stop Loss (SL)**\
\&#xNAN;*Sell the purchased amount if price drops to X.*\
Example: “Sell 100% at $0.0075”.

**Dev Sell**\
\&#xNAN;*Sell the chosen amount when the **contract/deployer wallet** performs a sell transaction.*\
Why: exit when the creator shows distribution/exit behavior.

**Migration**\
\&#xNAN;*Sell the chosen amount when the token migrates off its launch venue (e.g., bonding-curve platform) to an AMM/DEX pool (e.g., Raydium).*\
Why: protect against liquidity/price shocks at migration.

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