# Market statuses

A market can be assigned one of the following statuses:

* **Open**: The market is operating properly and accepts orders via Trading terminal and API. Market data for charts is persisted.
* **Paused**: The market stops accepting incoming orders via Trading terminal and API (previously placed Limit orders still await execution). Market data for charts is persisted.
* **Halted**: The market stops accepting incoming orders via Trading terminal and API. All open Limit orders will be cancelled. Market data for charts is persisted.
* **Disabled**: The market stops accepting incoming orders via Trading terminal and API. All open Limit orders will be cancelled. Market data for charts is not persisted.