# Why i cannot place a limit order if i have enough free funds **URL:** \ **Category:** 📊 Investing\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/why-i-cannot-place-a-limit-order-if-i-have-enough-free-funds/44793 "2021-02-03T09:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stalianu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Stalianu](https://community.trading212.com/u/Stalianu)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/why-i-cannot-place-a-limit-order-if-i-have-enough-free-funds/44793/1 "2021-02-03T09:37:52Z")
Hi, I want to place a limit order in Investing but it keeps telling me that I cannot place an order that is more than 95% of my free funds, which is NOT! The LO (limit order) is around 15%-16% of my free funds at the moment. ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trading212/original/2X/7/760cb7b34782ea33052302c2d1640ea1f55ba944.png) ---
**Author:** ![JustLookingThx](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/justlookingthx/32/18505_2.png) [@JustLookingThx](https://community.trading212.com/u/JustLookingThx)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/why-i-cannot-place-a-limit-order-if-i-have-enough-free-funds/44793/2 "2021-02-03T11:59:14Z")
I get this restriction very often and it annoys me really :-/ ---
**Author:** ![Dao](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/dao/32/20739_2.png) [@Dao](https://community.trading212.com/u/Dao)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/why-i-cannot-place-a-limit-order-if-i-have-enough-free-funds/44793/3 "2021-02-03T13:28:23Z")
It’s based on the current market price. Not your desired price. It also tracks against any open orders you have placed.