How to Place a Buy or Sell Order on Nest Trader

Placing orders on Nest Trader is done directly from the Market Watch using keyboard shortcuts or mouse clicks.

How to place a Buy Order

  1. Select the stock from your Market Watch
  2. Press F1 or the “+” key on your keyboard for the Buy Order Entry window opens
  3. Select the Order Type: Market, Limit, SL, or SL-M
  4. Enter the Quantity
  5. Enter the Price (for Limit and SL orders)
  6. Select the Product Type: CNC, MIS, or NRML
  7. Click Submit

How to place a Sell Order

  1. Select the stock from your Market Watch
  2. Press F2 or the “−” key for the Sell Order Entry window opens
  3. Follow the same steps as above

If you are selling an existing position, make sure the Product Type in the Sell order matches the Product Type of your open position. For example, if you bought under CNC, sell under CNC.

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