# Trade form

The Trade form is where you place Hyperliquid orders from Terminal. This page explains shared controls that appear across order types. If you are choosing between execution styles, start with the [Hyperliquid order types overview](/order-types/overview.md). For order-specific behavior, use the pages for [Market](/order-types/market-orders.md), [Limit](/order-types/limit-orders.md), [Scale](/order-types/scale-orders.md), [Chase](/order-types/chase-orders.md), [TWAP](/order-types/twap-orders.md), and [Burst](/order-types/burst-orders.md) orders. ## Margin

Trade form margin mode selector for isolated or cross margin.

Margin mode lets you switch between isolated and cross margin for the selected market. * **Isolated** limits margin to the specific position. * **Cross** uses account collateral according to Hyperliquid's cross-margin rules. ## Leverage

Trade form leverage selector for the selected market.

Leverage changes the exposure supported by your margin for the selected market. Higher leverage reduces required margin but leaves less room for adverse price movement. Check [Account](/terminal-sections/account.md) and [Positions](/terminal-sections/positions.md) after changing leverage, especially if you already have exposure on the market. ## Portfolio

Trade form portfolio mode selector for Classic or Portfolio margin.

Portfolio mode lets you switch between Classic and Portfolio margin where supported. Portfolio margin behavior is an exchange-level mechanic; use Hyperliquid documentation for the exact rules. ## Order type

Trade form order type selector for switching execution styles.

The order selector changes the form between supported Proliquid order types.

Order type	Use when
Market	You want fast execution with a slippage guard.
Limit	You want a specific price or time-in-force behavior.
Scale	You want a ladder of limit orders across a range.
Chase	You want maker-only execution that follows the market.
TWAP	You want to split execution over time.
Burst	You want aggressive execution split into batches.

## Submission checklist Before submitting, confirm market, side, size, price or slippage, reduce-only state, TP / SL, and margin settings. After submission, monitor [Open orders](/terminal-sections/open-orders.md), [Open TWAPs](/terminal-sections/open-twaps.md), [Open chases](/terminal-sections/open-chases.md), [Positions](/terminal-sections/positions.md), and history panels. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.proliquid.xyz/terminal-sections/trade-form.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.