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Orders and finding your coins
At the buying stage, three questions tend to come up: which order type to choose, where the coins appear afterwards, and whether a mistaken purchase can be undone. Open the guide that matches what you are seeing on screen.
- Market order or limit order: which should you use first?Explained from what the exchange actually does when you press the button. Once you understand the order book, the choice answers itself rather than needing a rule.
- I bought bitcoin but cannot find it. Where are my coins?Six causes ranked by how often they actually happen. Nine times out of ten it is one of the first two: small balances hidden by default, or looking at the wrong account.
- I bought the wrong amount. Can I undo it?A filled order cannot be reversed. An unfilled one can be cancelled. What is actually recoverable, what is not, and the right order to handle a mistake in.