Placing Post-Only and Bulk Orders on BitMEX

Summary

This document shows how to submit a single passive-only limit order on BitMEX, place several such orders in one bulk request, and cancel all orders for a specified symbol. The examples use the exchange’s IO interface to call the order, bulk-order, and order-cancellation endpoints. The passive execution setting is intended to prevent the order from immediately taking liquidity.

The material is a brief API usage example rather than a trading strategy or performance analysis. It gives sample parameters for symbol, side, quantity, and price, but does not discuss error handling, rate limits, order-state checks, or the risks of leaving orders open. Users need to consult current BitMEX documentation and adapt the examples to their own execution and risk controls.

Key ideas

• A passive-only execution instruction can be included when submitting a limit order.
• Multiple orders can be sent together through the bulk-order endpoint.
• The examples include cancellation of all orders for a chosen symbol.
• The document provides API plumbing and no evidence about strategy performance.

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