The order never shows in "My Orders" list.

[kriptor]

I created a BTC sell order. The "Balance/Activity" list recorded that but I cannot see my order in "Advance/Trade/My Orders" list - it is empty?

Transactin id: 534409C3DB8080763D5DB4DFA91AEB1E745C593912463A19AC5C7122AE5B8A15

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[kriptor]

Where did my order and 50 XRP go? Anyone?

[JoelKatz]

You created a BTC buy order (XRP sell order), offering 50,000 XRP for 0.1 BTC.

{
           "Account" : "rhq127j2i9949SXS6HnAYWC36k5xcVZyx3",
           "Fee" : "10",
           "Flags" : 0,
           "Sequence" : 12,
           "SigningPubKey" : "...",
           "TakerGets" : "50000000000",
           "TakerPays" : {
              "currency" : "BTC",
              "issuer" : "rvYAfWj5gh67oV6fW32ZzP3Aw4Eubs59B",
              "value" : "0.1"
           },
           "TransactionType" : "OfferCreate",
           "TxnSignature" : "..."
           "hash" : "534409C3DB8080763D5DB4DFA91AEB1E745C593912463A19AC5C7122AE5B8A15",
           "ledger_index" : 501845
}

[kriptor]

That explains it. Thanks for the explanation.

Well it seems I made a terminal mistake and locked myself out. Now my XRP balance (249.99998) is too low to create a XRP buy order I wanted in the first place.

[ahbritto]

The reserve to create an offer is only required if an offer will stick on the books. You should be able to make and successful complete a trade if your offer crosses an existing offer.

You will need to have adequate reserves to create a trust line to receive funds if one does not already exist.

Client developers should allow offers to be placed even if the reserve amount is not met. Perhaps with a warning.

[kriptor]

I'm not sure I understand correctly but the chain of events was as follows:

1. I was given 300XRP
2. I played around and executed invalid order due to 0 BTC and my reserve went down to 299.99999
3. I created a trust line to be able to transfer some BTC from Bitstamp.net (which dropped reserve to 249.99999)
4. I successfully transferred BTC from Bitstamp.net
5. I tried to create XRP-buy order but was unsuccessful due to low XRP reserve
6. I removed the Bitstamp.net trust line to release 50 XRP
7. I accidentally created the wrong type of order (XRP sell instead of buy) and my final reserve is now 249.99998
8. And I'm stuck I guess :)

[JoelKatz]

I'll send you some more the next time I need to perform a test transaction.

[kriptor]

@JoelKatz, thanks! I just completed my first trade... well technically it was the second one. ;)