# Order Triggers

Monitor conditional and staged instructions before and after they create executable orders.

**Order Triggers tracks instructions that wait for a condition or manage execution over time.** A trigger has its own state before it creates or manages an executable child order.

![Triggers](https://media.polyester.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,quality=80,format=auto,fit=scale-down/content-assets/a/3c24e1f45a1ead00cb5a169ce821c31efab5aa106566baa545741b4dc90ef2d9/source.webp)

The widget organizes Stop, Trailing, TWAP, and Ladder records. Availability depends on the Pair and account.

The [Stop-Loss Market](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/stop-loss-market), [Stop-Loss Limit](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/stop-loss-limit), [Trailing Stop](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/trailing-stop), [TWAP](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/twap), and [Ladder](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/user-docs/trade/order-types/ladder) guides explain how each instruction works.

## What the widget shows

| View or field       | What it means                                                           |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| All                 | Every trigger returned by the selected filters                          |
| Stop and Trailing   | Conditional instructions tied to a price condition or trailing distance |
| TWAP                | A staged instruction divided across a schedule                          |
| Ladder              | A staged instruction distributed across price levels                    |
| Status and progress | Current parent state before, during, or after child execution           |

The table can also show Pair, side, trigger type, amount, condition, progress, parent order, and type-specific details. Available capabilities determine which tabs and fields contain live records.

Trigger definitions and compacted state are stored and restored by server-side services. Conditions and strategies continue to be evaluated after the browser closes. Reconnect and refresh the record because persistence does not guarantee that a later child will pass admission or fill.

| Trigger family                         | When balance is reserved                                        |
| -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Standalone stop, take-profit, trailing | At trigger creation                                             |
| Standalone TWAP                        | When each slice is admitted                                     |
| Standalone LINEAR Ladder               | Each immediately admitted child reserves independently          |
| Attached stop, take-profit, trailing   | Zero at setup; the risk instruction arms after its parent fills |

## Trigger, child order, and fill records

| Record      | What it tracks                                                |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Trigger     | Condition, configuration, progress, and parent status         |
| Child order | Market or limit instruction created or managed by the trigger |
| Fill        | Completed match produced by an executable child order         |

An active trigger may be absent from Open Orders because it has not created a working child order yet. Follow its condition and parent status in Order Triggers.

Canceling a trigger and canceling a child order are different actions. Use only the action available for the record and state you intend to stop.

A child rejection is a terminal trigger failure, not a pause-until-balance-recovers state. The trigger releases its eligible hold and does not rearm automatically. If delivery was uncertain rather than explicitly rejected, Polyester can reconcile a retry under the same child identity instead of creating duplicate economic intent.

| Trigger family           | Modification while eligible and waiting          |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| Stop-loss or take-profit | Trigger price                                    |
| Trailing stop            | Distance, activation price, and maximum slippage |
| TWAP or Ladder           | Not modifiable; cancel and recreate              |

Quantity, side, strategy family, and child template cannot be changed. The trigger modification path also does not support changing a limit child's price, even when an API request schema contains that field.

> **Activation does not guarantee a fill**
>
> A price condition can activate a trigger, but its child order still needs to pass admission and find eligible liquidity under its own instructions.