# Order Books

## \*This is not financial advice\*

## The order books allow you to see all of the orders people have placed at different prices.

![TLM/WAX Order Book](/files/-MgBhWQU9dv0haTr283f)

**Blue Box** - Shows the exchange price all the current limit orders are set at.

**Red Box** - The top red numbers are the orders other people have set to sell.

**Green Box** - The bottom green numbers show all of the orders other people have set to buy.

**Pink Boxes** - Shows how much of each token (and that tokens exchange rate) that is being bought and sold at each price.


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