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Topic: Quick question: How do exchanges handle orders at the same price? (Read 635 times)

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Gerald Davis
First in, First out.  That is how they should be doing it, it is the only fair or equitable way of doing that.

I'm confused. Does that mean the newest orders are filled or the oldest?

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First in, First out.  That is how they should be doing it, it is the only fair or equitable way of doing that.

I'm confused. Does that mean the newest orders are filled or the oldest?
donator
Activity: 1218
Merit: 1079
Gerald Davis
First in, First out.  That is how they should be doing it, it is the only fair or equitable way of doing that.
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Merit: 100
Example, say at cryptsy I place an order to buy doge at 102 satoshis, 1 BTC worth. There are a total of 7BTC worth of buy orders at that price, including mine. Let's say someone sells 1 BTC worth of doge at that price, filling 1 BTC worth of the 7 BTC of buy orders. How does the system determine who to credit the buy order to? Is it a queue system where the oldest order gets filled first?
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