# Schedule a trade

## Overview

Scheduling a trade means asking Obside to **execute a specific operation**, at a given time or when a condition is met. It's the simplest level of automation: no continuous strategy to design, just an action to schedule.

You can schedule:

* A buy or sell at a fixed time.
* A buy or sell conditional on a market event (price breakout, macro release, earnings…).
* An order with built-in risk management (stop-loss, take-profit, position size).

## How to phrase your request

Describe the operation as if you were briefing an assistant: **what to buy or sell, when, and under which conditions**.

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The more precise your request (amount, asset, time, conditions, risk management), the less Obside will need to come back to you for clarification.
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## Example requests

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**Example #1 — Buy at a fixed time**

"Buy $500 of QQQ at market open next Monday."
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**Example #2 — Conditional buy on macro event**

"Buy 1 micro gold contract if US inflation YoY beats expectations, with a -5% stop-loss and +7% take-profit."
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**Example #3 — Price breakout with volume filter**

"Buy $2,000 of AAPL if it breaks above $230 with volume 30% above the 20-day average."
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## What's next?

Once your trade is scheduled, it becomes an **agent** accessible in the [Agents](/agents/introduction.md) section. You can track its status, edit it, or pause it at any time.


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