Limit Order

Limit Orders let you buy or sell any token at a specific target price, giving you full control over execution instead of taking the current market price.

Limit Orders Between Any Assets

• Limit Orders let you buy or sell any token at a specific target price, giving you full control over execution instead of taking the current market price. When the market reaches your limit price, Definitive automatically executes the order through the best available liquidity route.

• Unlike centralized exchanges with fixed pairs (e.g., BTC/USDT), Definitive allows limit orders between any two tokens thanks to smart routing across multiple DEXs and chains.

Buy Limit Orders

A Buy Limit Order executes only if the token’s price drops to or below your specified limit, letting you buy at a better (lower) price than the current market price.

• Example: If $ZORA is trading at $0.10 and you set a Buy Limit at $0.09, the order will only execute once the effective onchain price (after slippage) reaches ≤ $0.09.

Sell Limit Orders

A Sell Limit Order is used when you want to sell a token above the current market price, ensuring your trade only executes once the market reaches your target or better.

• Example: If $GIZA is trading at $0.11 and you set a Sell Limit at $0.13, the order executes only once the market price reaches ≥ $0.13 after accounting for price impact and fees.

Understanding Unfilled Limit Orders

• Charts can sometimes show prices that aren’t actually tradeable onchain.

• Definitive executes limit orders only when the system confirms the trade can truly be filled, after accounting for liquidity, slippage, price impact, and routing conditions across all connected DEXs.

• That means even if a chart briefly dips below or above your target level, your order won’t trigger unless there was real liquidity available at that price.

Fees: 25-50 bps. See Staking page for detailed rates.