Buy, sell & transaction status

A displayed price is research data. A quote is a time-limited estimate for your actual amount and route.

1. Open Trade from a token or portfolio position and check whether Buy or Sell is selected.
2. Verify the trading wallet, token mint, input asset, and balance.
3. Enter the amount. Percentage and Max controls help fill an amount; still check the total and SOL required for costs.
4. Check the estimated amount you get, the total, and the minimum received shown beside the button. Open Cost breakdown on the same screen for slippage, tax, fees, and deposits, and read any warning.
5. Press Buy or Sell. There is no separate review page: with an external wallet you approve in the wallet popup; with Quick Trade the trade is sent as soon as you press.
6. Wait for the transaction status and check its explorer link. A signature or submission message alone is not final confirmation.

Quotes expire and markets move. The trade form refreshes an expired quote by itself and says which values changed. If a quote expires at the moment you press Buy or Sell, nothing is sent: the new price is shown and you press again.

Estimated received is the current quoted output. Minimum received is the lower output threshold described by the quote. Slippage is the permitted execution tolerance, not a fee you necessarily pay. Raising it can allow a worse fill; it does not fix every route or balance error.

With an active trading wallet, Alpha offers Instant Buy with a preset SOL amount. It skips the trade form and any confirmation step — a click executes immediately, every time, whatever the token's tax, liquidity, or price impact. Check the amount before using it. A preset is a convenience setting, not a spending cap or a promise that a trade will execute at the listed price.

The preset amount excludes network fees. Quick Trade can sign without a separate wallet popup. Use the regular Trade flow when you want to see the quote and cost breakdown before you press Buy.

Pending means the final outcome has not yet been established. Check the transaction in the explorer and let the app reconcile the status before submitting the same trade again. Retrying a transaction with an uncertain outcome can create a second trade.

A failed swap may still have incurred network costs if it reached the chain. A rejected wallet approval is different from an on-chain failure. Use the transaction signature and status to distinguish them.

A confirmed transaction cannot be canceled from StonkScout. Selling later is a new trade with its own route, price, and costs. A route can disappear or become too illiquid to sell.