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# Explore the Trading Desk

Learn the basic areas of the manual Trading Desk before placing an order.

The Trading Desk is the manual interface for reviewing a selected account and market, placing orders when permitted, and checking open orders and positions.

## Read the Screen From Left to Right

1. **Account and market:** select the exchange account, market type, and symbol. Spot or perpetual choices only appear when the account supports them.
2. **Price and chart:** use the chart and live market data as context. A degraded data warning means you should pause new live actions.
3. **Order entry:** choose market or limit order, then enter size and any available price or protection settings.
4. **Open orders and positions:** after a submitted action, refresh and verify the resulting order or exposure.

## Start Safely

* Select the intended account and symbol before entering a size.
* Read warnings about live data, permissions, leverage, and risk.
* Use Paper only when it is offered and linked market data is available for the selected setup.
* A paper result tests the flow; it does not prove a live account or market is ready for capital.
* Review positions and open orders in both uLiquid Desk and the exchange when capital is involved.

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Every live order can affect real capital. Check account, symbol, side, order type, size, leverage, stop loss, and take profit before confirming.
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TODO: Add verified current screenshots of the dashboard and Trading Desk when sanitised captures of the active UI are available.
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For order behaviour, guardrails, and recovery guidance, see [Trading Desk and Risk](https://github.com/eds-labs/uLiquid-Desk/tree/main/docs/user-guide/trading-desk-and-risk.md) and [Dashboard and Exchange Accounts](https://github.com/eds-labs/uLiquid-Desk/tree/main/docs/user-guide/dashboard-and-accounts.md).


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