Markets · Spot
Spot without compromise.
Price discovery, custody choice and settlement in one flow. Central limit order books, RFQ liquidity and intelligent routing settle atomically across supported assets.
Overview
Immediate delivery, engineered end to end
A spot trade should be the simplest thing a market does: agree a price, exchange the asset and the payment. In practice the two legs often settle in different systems, at different times, under different custody arrangements.
On ORBITRA ONE™ the asset and the payment move in the same state transition. ApexMatch matches the order, the clearing engine computes both deliveries, and QSE finalizes them together — removing leg risk inside the network.
Capabilities
What the spot engine provides
- 01
ApexBook
Price-time priority with deterministic matching and self-trade prevention.
- 02
Smart route
Compares internal liquidity, RFQ quotes and verified external routes before execution.
- 03
Atomic delivery
Asset and payment settle together, removing leg risk inside the network.
- 04
Custody modes
Self-custody, delegated custody and qualified-custodian connections, chosen per account.
- 05
Liquidity tiers
Transparent maker schedules, volume tiers and market-quality incentives.
- 06
Proof of execution
Each fill carries timestamped price, fee, route and settlement evidence.
Lifecycle
The life of a spot order
- 01
Intent
Side, size, limit and custody destination are signed together.
- 02
Route
Smart routing compares book depth, RFQ quotes and verified external routes.
- 03
Pre-risk
Aegis confirms available balance and policy limits before matching.
- 04
Match
ApexBook fills at price-time priority, or the RFQ quote is accepted.
- 05
Deliver
Asset and payment move in one atomic transition.
- 06
Prove
A signed execution record is available for reporting and reconciliation.
Protection
Controls around every trade
Spot carries no leverage by default, but execution quality and custody still need protection.
- 01
Price bands
Orders far outside the prevailing market are rejected rather than filled against thin liquidity.
- 02
Self-trade prevention
Accounts and linked subaccounts cannot match against their own resting orders.
- 03
Withdrawal governance
Allowlists, delays and approval rules apply to assets leaving delegated custody.
- 04
Oracle confidence
Routing and price bands reference Prism market state with explicit confidence scores.
Order types
Order types available on spot
All types compose the same deterministic primitives. See execution for the complete order language.
Core
- Market
- Limit
- Stop
- Stop-limit
- Post-only
Advanced
- OCO
- Bracket
- Trailing
- Iceberg
- Hidden
- Pegged
Algorithmic
- TWAP
- VWAP
- POV
- Arrival price
Institutional
- RFQ
- Block
- Basket
- Smart routing
Specifications
Specifications
- Market structure
- Central limit order book with RFQ and block workflows
- Settlement
- Atomic delivery-versus-payment inside Orbitra L1
- Asset scope
- Digital assets, tokenized assets and FX spot, subject to listing and jurisdiction
- Custody
- Self-custody, delegated custody, qualified-custodian connections
- Fee model
- Published maker/taker schedule with volume tiers
- Evidence
- Signed execution record per fill: price, fee, route, settlement
Availability of specific assets depends on your jurisdiction and eligibility. See jurisdictions and the digital-asset disclosure.
Other markets
Markets overview
- PerpetualsLeverage governed by transparent risk.
- FuturesDated, quarterly and event contracts.
- OptionsVolatility, Greeks and multi-leg strategies.
- FXMajors, minors and synthetic crosses.
- CommoditiesMetals, energy and agriculture.
- EquitiesTokenized and synthetic exposure where available.
- Real-world assetsFunds, credit, property and invoices.