Set leverage and max slippage on crypto orders

Choose the leverage

1. 1

   Open Trading terminal and select a crypto perpetual, such as BTCUSDT. The ticket shows a Leverage row with Max slip beside it.

2. 2

   Pick a leverage from the list. It goes up to your plan’s maximum for that instrument, and the maximum is selected at first.

3. 3

   Read the amount hint under the size: margin and the maximum size follow the leverage you picked. Higher leverage uses less margin for the same size; it does not change your loss limits.

Leverage changes margin, not risk. A BTCUSDT position of 0.1 BTC loses the same dollars per move at 5× and at 20×. Your daily loss and maximum loss limits stay the same.

When the leverage is fixed

• One instrument has one leverage per account, as on the exchange. With a position open or entries working on BTCUSDT, the row reads Leverage · fixed by position or Leverage · fixed by orders.
• Every new order on that instrument uses the fixed leverage. To choose another, close the position and cancel those orders first.
• The terminal does not save your leverage in the layout. Check it before each new position.
• Live Funded accounts do not show the leverage row; their exchange setup decides it.

Cap slippage on market entries

1. 1

   Choose Max slip: 0.1%, 0.25%, 0.5% or 1%, or Off. 0.5% is selected at first.

2. 2

   Max slip applies to a market order that opens or adds to a position, from the ticket, the chart, the ladder or a hotkey.

3. 3

   If the visible book cannot fill your size within that distance from the best price, QATS refuses the entry and nothing is placed.

4. 4

   Closing orders, Reverse and stop exits are never held back by Max slip.

If an order is refused

• LEVERAGE_MISMATCH: “ETHUSDT is at 10x on this account (its open position or working orders); orders on it use that leverage.” Use that leverage, or close the position and cancel the orders first.
• LEVERAGE_NOT_ALLOWED: “Leverage must be between 1x and 20x on BTCUSDT.” Choose a value within that range.
• SLIPPAGE_EXCEEDED: “The market would fill 0.62% away from the touch, above your 0.5% limit.” Use a smaller size, a limit order, or a higher Max slip.
• In the terminal these messages start with Request declined and stay until you dismiss them. Figures in the examples are illustrative.