# No market order without GO

Market (or marketable) orders need an explicit written GO — default is limit/last-look so the agent cannot chase a print into a gap. Pair with reject-agent-place-without-quote, never-skip-review-before-place, size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope, confirm-buying-power-before-place, write-go-before-scale-up. Agent Lane does not place trades, hold wallets, or invent broker UI.

Canonical HTML: https://agentlane.net/guides/no-market-order-without-go/

## Answer first

Before a live place: default to limit or last-look. Allow a market or marketable ticket only when you wrote an explicit GO for that order — why marketable is allowed, max slippage or kill-if-gap, size from sleeve rules, buying power and a fresh quote checked in the same review step. Chat urgency and a green day are not a GO. The human still runs review before place.

## No market order without GO in plain terms

1. **Default limit / last-look** — live places use limit or last-look unless a written GO allows marketable.
2. **Market / marketable needs GO** — any ticket that can take whatever the book gives at submit needs explicit written permission for that ticket.
3. **Same review step** — GO + [reject-agent-place-without-quote.md](./reject-agent-place-without-quote.md) + [size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md](./size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md) + [confirm-buying-power-before-place.md](./confirm-buying-power-before-place.md) before approve.
4. **Gate at review** — enforce at [never-skip-review-before-place.md](./never-skip-review-before-place.md); reject marketable without GO.
5. **Not a GO** — chat urgency, FOMO, “just hit the print,” or a green day alone — scale GO is separate: [write-go-before-scale-up.md](./write-go-before-scale-up.md).

## Why chasing a print is the failure mode

- **Gap fills** — [reject-agent-place-without-quote.md](./reject-agent-place-without-quote.md).
- **Size still “fits”** — [size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md](./size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md), [one-risk-unit-per-idea.md](./one-risk-unit-per-idea.md).
- **Urgency skips the card** — [never-skip-review-before-place.md](./never-skip-review-before-place.md).
- **Hope pricing** — [write-go-before-scale-up.md](./write-go-before-scale-up.md), [confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md](./confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md).

## Shield stack

1. [read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md](./read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md) — prove prices before place rights.
2. [size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md](./size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md) — written ticket size rules.
3. [confirm-buying-power-before-place.md](./confirm-buying-power-before-place.md) — venue cash/BP covers that ticket.
4. [reject-agent-place-without-quote.md](./reject-agent-place-without-quote.md) — price freshness in the same review step.
5. No market order without GO (this page) — order-type GO; default limit/last-look.
6. [never-skip-review-before-place.md](./never-skip-review-before-place.md) — human gate enforces the check.
7. [write-go-before-scale-up.md](./write-go-before-scale-up.md) — separate GO before limits change.

## How to run no market order without GO

1. Default limit or last-look — [name-the-strategy-before-connect.md](./name-the-strategy-before-connect.md); no invented UI.
2. Write the market-order GO when needed — [size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md](./size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md), [confirm-buying-power-before-place.md](./confirm-buying-power-before-place.md), [reject-agent-place-without-quote.md](./reject-agent-place-without-quote.md); large tickets: [two-person-rule-for-large-places.md](./two-person-rule-for-large-places.md).
3. Same review step as quote, size, and BP — [read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md](./read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md).
4. Reject marketable without GO — switch to limit/last-look, rewrite the GO, or skip.
5. Place only after human review; confirm afterward — [never-skip-review-before-place.md](./never-skip-review-before-place.md), [confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md](./confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md); first live after novelty: [dry-run-before-first-live-place.md](./dry-run-before-first-live-place.md).
6. Journal overrides that chase prints; keep scale GO separate — [journal-every-override.md](./journal-every-override.md), [write-go-before-scale-up.md](./write-go-before-scale-up.md), [revoke-before-debug.md](./revoke-before-debug.md).

## Practical checklist

- Default limit / last-look written on the named plan.
- Market / marketable only with ticket GO — why, max slippage or kill-if-gap.
- Fresh quote + size + BP in the same review step as order type.
- Reject / switch to limit / skip if marketable without GO.
- Review before place still on — human enforces the gate.
- Chat urgency is not a GO.
- Confirm fills afterward in the broker UI.
- Dry run done before first live with a new connector/strategy.
- Overrides journaled if anyone chases a print without GO.
- Official paths only — no invented broker UI.

Related: [No chase after partial fill](./no-chase-after-partial-fill.md), [Max slippage or cancel](./max-slippage-or-cancel.md), [reject-agent-place-without-quote.md](./reject-agent-place-without-quote.md), [never-skip-review-before-place.md](./never-skip-review-before-place.md), [size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md](./size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope.md), [confirm-buying-power-before-place.md](./confirm-buying-power-before-place.md), [write-go-before-scale-up.md](./write-go-before-scale-up.md), [read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md](./read-only-quote-before-trade-connector.md), [dry-run-before-first-live-place.md](./dry-run-before-first-live-place.md), [confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md](./confirm-fills-in-broker-not-chat.md), [one-risk-unit-per-idea.md](./one-risk-unit-per-idea.md), [two-person-rule-for-large-places.md](./two-person-rule-for-large-places.md), [journal-every-override.md](./journal-every-override.md), [no-overnight-margin-without-go.md](./no-overnight-margin-without-go.md).

## FAQ

**What does no market order without GO mean?**
Do not let the agent submit a market or marketable order unless you wrote an explicit GO for that ticket. Default is limit or last-look so the agent cannot chase a print into a gap. Pair with reject-agent-place-without-quote, never-skip-review-before-place, size-from-sleeve-not-from-hope, confirm-buying-power-before-place, write-go-before-scale-up.

**Do I invent a market-order or last-look broker UI?**
No. Official venue order ticket and last-look/quote screens and your written sleeve rules. Agent Lane does not invent UI or read your broker for you.

**Does this replace reject without quote or write GO before scale-up?**
No. Reject without quote is price freshness; confirm buying power is cash/BP; size from sleeve is ticket size; write GO before scale-up is before limits change; this page is the order-type GO (marketable only with written GO; default limit/last-look); never-skip-review is the human ticket gate. You need the stack.

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