Order Events (REST API) – Kraken

Order events describe the stages of an incoming order. The type of an event can be one of:

Type	Description
PLACE	The order was placed successfully
CANCEL	The order was cancelled successfully
EDIT	The order was edited successfully
REJECT	The order was rejected
EXECUTION	All or part of the order was executed

Order Events

Order events will be returned in JSON format along with the response on the endpoints which are sending, editing or cancelling an order.

Field	Type	Description
orderEvents	list of structures	A list containing the order events

Place Event

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Always PLACE
reducedQuantity	positive integer	The amount of quantity that was removed before placement or null if the order is not a reduce only
order	structure	The placed order

Field	Type	Description
orderId	string	The UID associated with the order
cliOrdID	String	The client order id or null if order does not have one
reduceOnly	string	Is the order a reduce only order or not
symbol	string	The symbol of the Futures
quantity	positive float	The quantity (size) associated with the order
side	string	The side associated with the order - buy or sell
limitPrice	positive float	The limit price associated with a limit order
stopPrice	positive float	The stop price associated with a stop order or null
filled	positive float	The amount of the order that has been filled
type	string	The order type, one of: lmt post stp ioc
timestamp	ISO8601 datetime	The date and time the order was placed, cancelled or edited

Cancel Event

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Always CANCEL
uid	string	The uid associated with the order
order	structure	The cancelled order. (See Place Event for the description)

Edit Event

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Always EDIT
reducedQuantity	positive integer	The amount of quantity that was removed from the edited order or null if the order is not a reduce only
old	structure	The order before the edit was applied. (See Place Event for the description)
new	structure	The order after the edit was applied. (See Place Event for the description)

Reject Event

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Always REJECT
uid	string	The UID associated with the order
order	structure	The rejected order or null. (See Place Event for the description)
reason	string	The rejection reason, one of: postWouldExecute: the post-only order would be filled upon placement, thus is cancelled iocWouldNotExecute: the immediate-or-cancel order would not execute. wouldNotReducePosition: the reduce only order would not reduce position. orderForEditNotFound: the order for edit was not found. The order field will be null in this case

Execution Event

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Always EXECUTION
amount	positive integer	The executed amount
price	positive float	The price of the execution
takerReducedQuantity	positive integer	The amount of quantity that was removed from the order before execution or null if the order is not a reduce only
orderPriorEdit	structure	The order before the edit was applied (if the execution is a result of an order edit) or null. (See Place Event for the description)
orderPriorExecution	structure	The order before it executes. (See Place Event for the description)