Create market order

This request type allows users to place market orders through Pacifica's websocket API.

The Pacifica Python SDK provides a comprehensive example on using this endpoint.

Request

{
  "id": "660065de-8f32-46ad-ba1e-83c93d3e3966",
  "params": {
    "create_market_order": {
      "account": "AwX6321...",
      "signature": "5vnYpt...",
      "timestamp": 1749223025396,
      "expiry_window": 5000,
      "symbol": "BTC",
      "reduce_only": false,
      "amount": "0.001",
      "side": "bid",
      "slippage_percent": "0.5",
      "client_order_id": "79f948fd-7556-4066-a128-083f3ea49322"
    }
  }
}

Field	Type	Need	Description	Example
"id"	Full UUID string	required	Client-defined request ID	660065de-8f32-46ad-ba1e-83c93d3e3966
"params"	object	required	Contains action type and action parameters	"create_order"
"create_market_order"	object	required	Specifies action type and contains parameters	See examples.
"account"	string	required	User's wallet address	42trU9A5...
"agent_wallet"	string	optional	Agent wallet address	69trU9A5...
"signature"	string	required	Cryptographic signature	5j1Vy9Uq...
"timestamp"	integer	required	Current timestamp in milliseconds	1716200000000
"expiry_window"	integer	optional	Signature expiry in milliseconds	30000
"symbol"	string	required	Trading pair symbol	BTC
"reduce_only"	boolean	required	Whether the order is reduce-only	false
"amount"	string	required	Order amount	0.1
"side"	string	required	Order side (bid/ask)	bid
"slippage_percent"	string	required	Maximum allowed slippage in percentage, e.g. "0.5" means 0.5% max slippage	0.5
"client_order_id"	Full UUID string	optional	Client-defined order ID	f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479
"take_profit"	object	optional	Take profit stop order configuration	See next three rows
"stop_price"	string	required (if "take_profit" exists)	Stop trigger price	55000
"limit_price"	string	optional	Limit price for the triggered order	54950
"client_order_id"	Full UUID string	optional	Client-defined order ID for the stop order	e36ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479
"stop_loss"	object	optional	Stop loss order configuration	See next three rows
"stop_price"	string	required (if "stop_loss" exists)	Stop trigger price	48000
"limit_price"	string	optional	Limit price for the triggered order	47950
"client_order_id"	Full UUID string	optional	Client-defined order ID for the stop order	d25ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479

Response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "I": "79f948fd-7556-4066-a128-083f3ea49322",
    "i": 645953,
    "s": "BTC"
  },
  "id": "660065de-8f32-46ad-ba1e-83c93d3e3966",
  "t": 1749223025962,
  "type": "create_market_order"
}

Field	Type	Description
'code'	integer	Status code
'data'	object	Contains information about placed order
'I'	string	CLOID (if provided)
'i'	integer	Order ID
's'	string	Symbol
'id'	string	Client-defined request ID
't'	integer	Timestamp in milliseconds
'type'	string	Specifies action type

Note: In order to protect liquidity providers from adverse selection, all market orders are subject to a ~200ms delay.