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# Scale
> Place up to 100 limit orders across a price range from one form, with control over how prices and sizes are distributed.
A Scale order lays a ladder of limit orders across a price range. Instead of picking one price, you set a **Min Price** and **Max Price**, choose how many orders to place, and Pacifica spreads your total size across them. Use it to build a position gradually into a dip, or to scale out of a position as the price rises.
## How it works
1. Enter the total **Amount** you want to trade and the price range.
2. Choose the **Order Count** (2 to 100). Your amount is split into that many limit orders.
3. Optionally skew the ladder with the two distribution sliders (see below).
4. Click **Long / Buy** or **Short / Sell**. Pacifica submits the ladder as **GTC** limit orders. Orders that match available prices can fill immediately; the remainder rests on the book.
Once placed, the orders are independent. They show up in **Open Orders**, fill on their own as the market trades through them, and can be cancelled individually or all at once.
## Settings
| Setting | Range | What it does |
| ------------------------- | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Min Price / Max Price** | Max must be above Min | The lowest and highest limit price in the ladder. Prices are rounded to the market's tick size. |
| **Order Count** | 2 to 100 | How many limit orders to place. Every order must still meet the market's minimum order size, so very small amounts limit the count. |
| **Price Distribution** | -100% to +100% | Where the prices cluster. **Even** (0%) spaces them uniformly. **Lower** bunches more orders toward Min Price. **Higher** bunches them toward Max Price. The further from 0%, the stronger the skew. |
| **Amount Distribution** | -100% to +100% | How size is allocated. **Even** (0%) gives every order the same size. **Lower** puts more size on the lower-priced orders. **Higher** puts more size on the higher-priced orders. |
| **Reduce Only** | On / Off | Makes every order in the ladder reduce-only. Requires an open position on the opposite side. |
The form shows an **Avg Price** estimate. Review the prices and amounts before submitting the ladder.
## Example
You want to buy 0.5 BTC if the price pulls back from \$100,000 into the \$95,000 to \$99,500 range, and you want more size the lower it goes:
* **Min Price** \$95,000, **Max Price** \$99,500, **Order Count** 10.
* **Price Distribution** 0% (even spacing, one order every \$500).
* **Amount Distribution** -50% (Lower), so the order at \$95,000 is about six times the size of the order at \$99,500: roughly 0.0857 BTC and 0.0143 BTC, before lot-size rounding.
If the price only dips to \$98,000, only the higher-priced orders are likely to fill. The lower orders remain open until filled or cancelled.
## Good to know
* Prices and amounts are rounded to the market's tick and lot sizes. A narrow range can produce multiple orders at the same price.
* A Scale ladder is a set of ordinary limit orders, so it appears in **Open Orders**, not in the **Strategies** tab.
* Limit orders pay maker fees when they rest and fill. A buy at or above the best ask, or a sell at or below the best bid, can fill immediately and pay taker fees.
* Orders are accepted individually. Check **Open Orders** and **Trade History** to confirm the ladder, especially if any order is rejected.