# How to Get on top of the Order Book of a thinly traded stock at Market opening
**URL:** https://tradingqna.com/t/how-to-get-on-top-of-the-order-book-of-a-thinly-traded-stock-at-market-opening/9635
**Category:** Stocks
**Created:** [February 14, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/how-to-get-on-top-of-the-order-book-of-a-thinly-traded-stock-at-market-opening/9635 "2017-02-14T16:40:13Z")
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### Author:  [@VasuM](https://tradingqna.com/u/VasuM)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/how-to-get-on-top-of-the-order-book-of-a-thinly-traded-stock-at-market-opening/9635/1 "2017-02-14T16:40:13Z")
Hi,
I am trying to buy a very thinly traded Micro Cap reccomended by an advisor. Because of the rush there are about 140K odd shares required (at the upper circuit) and 10K odd which are sold (as attested by the % traded from BSE)
I tried placing my Market order at 9am sharp, but the few seconds of delay caused (6-7 seconds in my case) pushes me really down the stack.
My quesiton is how do I reach the top of this stack? What strategies, techniques or voodo Can I apply here? How do others do it?
Any help and advice will be most welcome!
Thanks in advance!
VM
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### Author:  [@portfolioplus911](https://tradingqna.com/u/portfolioplus911)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/how-to-get-on-top-of-the-order-book-of-a-thinly-traded-stock-at-market-opening/9635/2 "2017-02-15T10:44:21Z")
hello trader,
This article explains the technicalities of timing your order:
> **[How the orders executes in NSE server? Limit first, or market first?](https://tradingqna.com/t/how-the-orders-executes-in-nse-server-limit-first-or-market-first/1138/5)**
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> All orders in NSE server executes based on price-time priority regardless of what type of order it is. Market order never stay in server since they are executed immediately based on available best price limit orders in queue. (Market Order is...