# Market Orders

The equivalent to making a market order on [Perp.Exchange](https://perp.exchange/).

You sell or buy a certain quantity to the vAMM.   

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Trades settle somewhat slower than on centralized exchanges, especially during high volume - to mitigate this, we provide slippage controls, and all trading operations take place on xDai, which is significantly faster than the Ethereum base layer.

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By default, up to 0.5% slippage is allowed. Increase or decrease this using the orange gear icon ⚙️.

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Review the transaction and exchange fee (separate from the blockchain network fee) and submit the transaction. Next, you'll be asked to sign by your wallet.

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Pop-ups will update you on the status of your order.

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Trades settle somewhat slower than on centralized exchanges, especially during high volume - to mitigate this, we provide slippage controls, and all trading operations take place on xDai, which is significantly faster than the Ethereum base layer.
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