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title: "Order rejected"
description: "Tick and lot size, minimum notional, margin, post-only and reduce-only rejections."
---

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# Order rejected

## Price doesn't match the tick size

Every market has a minimum price increment. Type a price that isn't on that grid and the order is
rejected before it reaches the book. Use the price step buttons in the ticket, or let the field
round it for you.

## Order notional is below the $10 minimum

Size times price has to clear a $10 minimum order value. Increase the size or use a higher-priced
market.

## Insufficient balance or margin

Your available margin can't cover this order at the leverage and margin mode you have set.
Reduce the size, add margin, or raise your leverage for this market.

## Post-only order would immediately match

An ALO (post-only) order is rejected instead of matching immediately, that's the point of using
one. If it keeps happening, the market moved past your price between typing it and submitting,
or you're pricing it inside the current spread. Reprice further from the touch, or use Chase if
you want it to track the touch automatically.

## Reduce-only order would increase your position

A reduce-only order can only shrink or close your existing position. If the side or size you set
would grow it instead, it's rejected. Check which side you're on before setting reduce-only.

## Builder fee has not been approved

Trading needs the one-time builder fee approval from setup. If you disconnected before finishing
it, or revoked the approval on Hyperliquid directly, run the connect flow again to re-approve it.

Source: https://docs.floatout.trade/troubleshooting/order-rejected/index.mdx