Smart Orders: Start position at ... (hidden orders)

The Start position at trigger can only be added when creating a Smart Order.

Its purpose is to delay and placing the entry orders and starting the position until a specified price and/or time is reached.

While similar to a Stop Order (Market or Limit), the Start position trigger:

• Never reserves coins for the entries until the trigger price or time is reached
• Allows for more than one entry to be placed at the same time, using the same coins.
• can be placed above or below the order book whereas Stop Limit and Market orders can only be placed on one side of the Order Book (The Sell side for a Buy order and vice versa)).

This can be useful for:

• Hiding entry orders until the price is at or close to your first entry order price, or a specified time period has elapsed.
• Placing orders on more than one market using the same coins. Whichever entry requirement is reached first is placed. Note that, the second order will not be automatically cancelled, and if there is enough coins available to place at least one entry for the second position, then both positions will potentially be opened once their triggers are reached.

The Start Position triggers can be used with:

• All Entry Order types: Market, Limit, Stop Order, Trailing Stop and Ladder entry
• Long and Short positions
• Spot and Futures markets.
• Note, however, that the Stop entry orders (Stop market, Stop Limit) would not usually be combined with a Start trigger position, since the trigger and the Stop order achieve essentially the same thing.

How to set the Start Position at Price trigger

1. Create your Entry Order (add TP and/or SL if needed)

2. Open the section Expirations/Autoclose, enable “Start position at” and check the Price box:

3. Select the price where you would like your position to start. This could be close to the entry order price (for hidden orders), or could be above resistance (for a Stop-type breakout order, without reserving coins). To specify the Price, choose one of the following methods:

• Insert the exact price
• Drag the blue price handle with "Position will start at" label to the desired price on the chart
• Click the eyedropper icon and select a price on the chart
• Enter a percentage value. The percentage is offset from the Current price.

How set the Start Position at Time trigger

1. Create an Entry Order as, add Take Profit and Stop Loss orders per preferrence
2. Open the section Expirations/Autoclose, enable "Start Position at" as above, and check the Time box
3. Select the time when you would like your position to start in one of the ways listed below:

• Select the time interval for the trigger (minutes, hours or days) and enter a numeric value for the number of minutes/hours/days
• Click the eyedropper icon to select the start time on the chart (a smaller chart timeframe allow for more precise selection, e.g. 5m chart)
• Click in the entry field to open the calendar, and select the date and time (image below).

Once the order is placed

• The Trigger price is visible on the chart as a blue line (see below). This will be horizontal (for Price trigger) or vertical (for time trigger). The colour can be customised in the Altrady Chart Settings
• Orders for the Position are shown as Pending in My Orders (Open)
• An unfilled position will be visible in My Positions (see below)
• The orders will not show up on the exchange until the trigger activates them

Price Trigger

Time Trigger

Using both Price and Time triggers at the same time

Both triggers can be selected at the same time and combined using logical operators.

It can be either set to trigger as soon as one of the conditions is met, or only to trigger when both conditions are met.

Once both Price and Time boxes are checked, operators AND or OR can be selected:

• AND: The entry order is created only when both the specified time has passed and the target price has been reached. The price is only checked once the Time trigger is reached.
• OR: The entry order is created as soon as either the time or the price condition is met.

When the Start at trigger is reached

Altrady will attempt to place the entry orders on the exchange and the position will proceed as usual.

If not enough funds are available to open all entry orders:

• As many entry orders as can be placed will be placed using the available quote currency (long spot and all Futures positions) or base currency (short spot positions), starting from the first entry
• A notification message is sent, noting how many entry orders could not be placed using the available funds (see image below)
• Entry orders that could not be placed will show as Pending orders in My Orders and on the chart. Their price handles are darker than Open orders.

Actions to take when there are insufficient funds to place all orders

If the placed orders meet expectations:

• No action is required.

To place pending orders on the exchange:

• Add sufficient funds so the remaining orders can be placed.
• Edit the Smart Order by adjusting one of the price handles.
• Save the order.
• Pending orders will be placed.

Editing a position when some entry orders are pending

When a position is edited, Altrady will attempt to place the pending entry orders again. If there are still insufficient funds, the order cannot be saved after editing. In this case, the following steps are required:

• Remove the pending entry orders (see below).
• Place the order again.

Editing the smart order

• Once an entry order has filled (or part-filled), Start Position at... will no longer be available.
• If no entries have yet filled, the Start Position at trigger can be turned on or edited.
• Start Position at is not available for smart positions where an entry has already filled or part-filled.

Important Notes

• Funds for all entry orders must be available when the order is initially placed and if it is edited later.
• When the Start Position trigger price is reached, if funds are not available to open any of the entry orders, the position will be cancelled with an error: "Insufficient Balance"
• If the trigger price has been passed and the entries do not seem to have been placed, click the Resync arrow to update the orders.
• The Last price will need to reach (live trading) or exceed (paper trading) the trigger price for approximately one minute to trigger the opening of the position.

Updated on: 14/01/2026