📖The orderbook

The order book displays all the resting orders available on the market. It displays the quantity of resting orders available as well as their corresponding prices. A resting order is an offer to purchase contracts at a certain price that is not matched immediately.

In the event contract above, the order book displays all the resting orders and their corresponding price. As the order book shows, there are 524 contracts available on the No side for $0.62 each and 566 contracts available on the Yes side for $0.43 each.

On Kalshi, the order book can be toggled to display resting orders in terms of bids, the maximum price a buyer is willing to pay for that contract, or asks, the minimum price that a member is willing to sell that contract for.

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