PolymarketDocumentation/docs/developers/CLOB/orders/create-order-batch.md

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Create Order

Build, sign, and submit orders

All orders on Polymarket are expressed as limit orders. Market orders are supported by submitting a limit order with a marketable price — your order executes immediately at the best available price on the book.

The SDK handles EIP-712 signing and submission for you. If you prefer the REST API directly, see [Authentication](/api-reference/authentication) for constructing the required headers and the [API Reference](/api-reference/introduction) for full endpoint documentation including the raw order object fields and request/response schemas.

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Order Types

Type	Behavior	Use Case
GTC	Good-Til-Cancelled — rests on the book until filled or cancelled	Default for limit orders
GTD	Good-Til-Date — active until a specified expiration time	Auto-expire before known events
FOK	Fill-Or-Kill — must fill immediately and entirely, or cancel	All-or-nothing market orders
FAK	Fill-And-Kill — fills what's available immediately, cancels the rest	Partial-fill market orders

• GTC and GTD are limit order types — they rest on the book at your specified price.
• FOK and FAK are market order types — they execute against resting liquidity immediately.
  • BUY: specify the dollar amount you want to spend
  • SELL: specify the number of shares you want to sell

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Limit Orders

The simplest way to place a limit order — create, sign, and submit in one call:

```typescript TypeScript theme={null} import { ClobClient, Side, OrderType } from "@polymarket/clob-client";

const response = await client.createAndPostOrder( { tokenID: "TOKEN_ID", price: 0.5, size: 10, side: Side.BUY, }, { tickSize: "0.01", negRisk: false, }, OrderType.GTC, );

console.log("Order ID:", response.orderID); console.log("Status:", response.status);

```python Python theme={null}
from py_clob_client.clob_types import OrderArgs, OrderType
from py_clob_client.order_builder.constants import BUY

response = client.create_and_post_order(
    OrderArgs(
        token_id="TOKEN_ID",
        price=0.50,
        size=10,
        side=BUY,
    ),
    options={
        "tick_size": "0.01",
        "neg_risk": False,
    },
    order_type=OrderType.GTC
)

print("Order ID:", response["orderID"])
print("Status:", response["status"])

Two-Step: Sign Then Submit

For more control, you can separate signing from submission. This is useful for batch orders or custom submission logic:

```typescript TypeScript theme={null} // Step 1: Create and sign locally const signedOrder = await client.createOrder( { tokenID: "TOKEN_ID", price: 0.5, size: 10, side: Side.BUY, }, { tickSize: "0.01", negRisk: false }, );

// Step 2: Submit to the CLOB const response = await client.postOrder(signedOrder, OrderType.GTC);

```python Python theme={null}
# Step 1: Create and sign locally
signed_order = client.create_order(
    OrderArgs(
        token_id="TOKEN_ID",
        price=0.50,
        size=10,
        side=BUY,
    ),
    options={
        "tick_size": "0.01",
        "neg_risk": False,
    }
)

# Step 2: Submit to the CLOB
response = client.post_order(signed_order, OrderType.GTC)

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GTD Orders (Expiring)

GTD orders auto-expire at a specified time. Useful for quoting around known events.

```typescript TypeScript theme={null} // Expire in 1 hour (+ 60s security threshold buffer) const expiration = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 60 + 3600;

const response = await client.createAndPostOrder( { tokenID: "TOKEN_ID", price: 0.5, size: 10, side: Side.BUY, expiration, }, { tickSize: "0.01", negRisk: false }, OrderType.GTD, );

```python Python theme={null}
import time

# Expire in 1 hour (+ 60s security threshold buffer)
expiration = int(time.time()) + 60 + 3600

response = client.create_and_post_order(
    OrderArgs(
        token_id="TOKEN_ID",
        price=0.50,
        size=10,
        side=BUY,
        expiration=expiration,
    ),
    options={
        "tick_size": "0.01",
        "neg_risk": False,
    },
    order_type=OrderType.GTD
)

There is a security threshold of one minute on GTD expiration. To set an effective lifetime of N seconds, use `now + 60 + N`. For example, for a 30-second effective lifetime, set the expiration to `now + 60 + 30`.

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Market Orders

Market orders execute immediately against resting liquidity using FOK or FAK types:

```typescript TypeScript theme={null} import { Side, OrderType } from "@polymarket/clob-client";

// FOK BUY: spend exactly $100 or cancel entirely const buyOrder = await client.createMarketOrder( { tokenID: "TOKEN_ID", side: Side.BUY, amount: 100, // dollar amount price: 0.5, // worst-price limit (slippage protection) }, { tickSize: "0.01", negRisk: false }, ); await client.postOrder(buyOrder, OrderType.FOK);

// FOK SELL: sell exactly 200 shares or cancel entirely const sellOrder = await client.createMarketOrder( { tokenID: "TOKEN_ID", side: Side.SELL, amount: 200, // number of shares price: 0.45, // worst-price limit (slippage protection) }, { tickSize: "0.01", negRisk: false }, ); await client.postOrder(sellOrder, OrderType.FOK);

```python Python theme={null}
from py_clob_client.order_builder.constants import BUY, SELL
from py_clob_client.clob_types import OrderType

# FOK BUY: spend exactly $100 or cancel entirely
buy_order = client.create_market_order(
    token_id="TOKEN_ID",
    side=BUY,
    amount=100,  # dollar amount
    price=0.50,  # worst-price limit (slippage protection)
    options={"tick_size": "0.01", "neg_risk": False},
)
client.post_order(buy_order, OrderType.FOK)

# FOK SELL: sell exactly 200 shares or cancel entirely
sell_order = client.create_market_order(
    token_id="TOKEN_ID",
    side=SELL,
    amount=200,  # number of shares
    price=0.45,  # worst-price limit (slippage protection)
    options={"tick_size": "0.01", "neg_risk": False},
)
client.post_order(sell_order, OrderType.FOK)

• FOK — fill entirely or cancel the whole order
• FAK — fill what's available, cancel the rest

The price field on market orders acts as a worst-price limit (slippage protection), not a target execution price.

One-Step Market Order

For convenience, createAndPostMarketOrder handles creation, signing, and submission in one call:

```typescript TypeScript theme={null} const response = await client.createAndPostMarketOrder( { tokenID: "TOKEN_ID", side: Side.BUY, amount: 100, price: 0.5, }, { tickSize: "0.01", negRisk: false }, OrderType.FOK, ); ```

response = client.create_and_post_market_order(
    token_id="TOKEN_ID",
    side=BUY,
    amount=100,
    price=0.50,
    options={"tick_size": "0.01", "neg_risk": False},
    order_type=OrderType.FOK,
)

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Post-Only Orders

Post-only orders guarantee you're always the maker. If the order would match immediately (cross the spread), it's rejected instead of executed.

```typescript TypeScript theme={null} const response = await client.postOrder(signedOrder, OrderType.GTC, true); ```

response = client.post_order(signed_order, OrderType.GTC, post_only=True)

• Only works with GTC and GTD order types
• Rejected if combined with FOK or FAK

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Batch Orders

Place up to 15 orders in a single request:

```typescript TypeScript theme={null} import { OrderType, Side, PostOrdersArgs } from "@polymarket/clob-client";

const orders: PostOrdersArgs[] = [ { order: await client.createOrder( { tokenID: "TOKEN_ID", price: 0.48, side: Side.BUY, size: 500, }, { tickSize: "0.01", negRisk: false }, ), orderType: OrderType.GTC, }, { order: await client.createOrder( { tokenID: "TOKEN_ID", price: 0.52, side: Side.SELL, size: 500, }, { tickSize: "0.01", negRisk: false }, ), orderType: OrderType.GTC, }, ];

const response = await client.postOrders(orders);

```python Python theme={null}
from py_clob_client.clob_types import OrderArgs, OrderType, PostOrdersArgs
from py_clob_client.order_builder.constants import BUY, SELL

response = client.post_orders([
    PostOrdersArgs(
        order=client.create_order(OrderArgs(
            price=0.48,
            size=500,
            side=BUY,
            token_id="TOKEN_ID",
        ), options={"tick_size": "0.01", "neg_risk": False}),
        orderType=OrderType.GTC,
    ),
    PostOrdersArgs(
        order=client.create_order(OrderArgs(
            price=0.52,
            size=500,
            side=SELL,
            token_id="TOKEN_ID",
        ), options={"tick_size": "0.01", "neg_risk": False}),
        orderType=OrderType.GTC,
    ),
])

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Order Options

Every order requires two market-specific options: tickSize and negRisk. For details on signature types (0 = EOA, 1 = POLY_PROXY, 2 = GNOSIS_SAFE), see Authentication.

Tick Sizes

Your order price must conform to the market's tick size, or the order is rejected.

Tick Size	Precision	Example Prices
0.1	1 decimal	0.1, 0.2, 0.5
0.01	2 decimals	0.01, 0.50, 0.99
0.001	3 decimals	0.001, 0.500, 0.999
0.0001	4 decimals	0.0001, 0.5000, 0.9999

```typescript TypeScript theme={null} const tickSize = await client.getTickSize("TOKEN_ID"); ```

tick_size = client.get_tick_size("TOKEN_ID")

Negative Risk

Multi-outcome events (3+ outcomes) use the Neg Risk CTF Exchange. Pass negRisk: true for these markets.

```typescript TypeScript theme={null} const isNegRisk = await client.getNegRisk("TOKEN_ID"); ```

is_neg_risk = client.get_neg_risk("TOKEN_ID")

Both values are also available on the market object: `minimum_tick_size` and `neg_risk`.

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Prerequisites

Before placing an order, your funder address must have approved the Exchange contract to spend the relevant tokens:

• BUY orders: USDC.e allowance >= spending amount
• SELL orders: conditional token allowance >= selling amount

Order size is limited by your available balance minus amounts reserved by existing open orders:

\text{maxOrderSize} = \text{balance} - \sum(\text{openOrderSize} - \text{filledAmount})

Orders are continuously monitored for validity — balances, allowances, and onchain cancellations are tracked in real time. Any maker caught intentionally abusing these checks will be blacklisted.

Advanced Parameters

These optional fields can be passed in the UserOrder object for fine-grained control:

Parameter	Type	Description
feeRateBps	number	Fee rate in basis points (default: market rate)
nonce	number	Custom nonce for order uniqueness
taker	string	Restrict the order to a specific taker address

Sports Markets

Sports markets have additional behaviors:

• Outstanding limit orders are automatically cancelled once the game begins, clearing the entire order book at the official start time
• Marketable orders have a 3-second placement delay before matching
• Game start times can shift — monitor your orders closely, as they may not be cleared if the start time changes unexpectedly

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Response

A successful order placement returns:

{
  "success": true,
  "errorMsg": "",
  "orderID": "0xabc123...",
  "takingAmount": "",
  "makingAmount": "",
  "status": "live",
  "transactionsHashes": [],
  "tradeIDs": []
}

Statuses

Status	Description
live	Order resting on the book
matched	Order matched immediately with a resting order
delayed	Marketable order subject to a matching delay
unmatched	Marketable but failed to delay — placement still successful

Error Messages

Error	Description
INVALID_ORDER_MIN_TICK_SIZE	Price doesn't conform to the market's tick size
INVALID_ORDER_MIN_SIZE	Order size below the minimum threshold
INVALID_ORDER_DUPLICATED	Identical order already placed
INVALID_ORDER_NOT_ENOUGH_BALANCE	Insufficient balance or allowance
INVALID_ORDER_EXPIRATION	Expiration timestamp is in the past
INVALID_POST_ONLY_ORDER_TYPE	Post-only used with FOK/FAK
INVALID_POST_ONLY_ORDER	Post-only order would cross the book
FOK_ORDER_NOT_FILLED_ERROR	FOK order couldn't be fully filled
INVALID_ORDER_ERROR	System error inserting the order
EXECUTION_ERROR	System error executing the trade
ORDER_DELAYED	Order match delayed due to market conditions
DELAYING_ORDER_ERROR	System error while delaying the order
MARKET_NOT_READY	Market not yet accepting orders

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Heartbeat

The heartbeat endpoint maintains session liveness. If a valid heartbeat is not received within 10 seconds (with a 5-second buffer), all open orders are cancelled.

```typescript TypeScript theme={null} let heartbeatId = ""; setInterval(async () => { const resp = await client.postHeartbeat(heartbeatId); heartbeatId = resp.heartbeat_id; }, 5000); ```

import time

heartbeat_id = ""
while True:
    resp = client.post_heartbeat(heartbeat_id)
    heartbeat_id = resp["heartbeat_id"]
    time.sleep(5)

• Include the most recent heartbeat_id in each request. Use an empty string for the first request.
• If you send an expired ID, the server responds with 400 and the correct ID. Update and retry.

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Next Steps

Cancel single, multiple, or all open orders Attribute orders to your builder account for volume credit