Guides

Make a private trade

Buy or sell tokenized stocks entirely inside the shield. Your size, timing, and direction stay off the public tape — nothing for a bot to front-run or a wallet-watcher to mirror.

Before you trade

  • A shielded balance in USDG.
  • The market you want, e.g. a tokenized equity like AAPLx.

Place the trade

cowl trade buy 1200 AAPLx

The order is a zero-knowledge proof, not a public intent. It settles against the pool without ever exposing what you did.

Why it can’t be gamed

  • No front-run.A bot can’t sandwich an order it can’t see.
  • No copy-trade.A watcher can’t mirror an entry that never appears.

See MEV & anti copy-trade for the full picture.

Tip
Balances update against your view key instantly. Run cowl balance to see your book after the fill.