Note: This page describes how to use the 'mtm' command line executable. This binary is currently available for Linux only
To use mtm from the command line, you must have a synced Microtick node and you should to set the MTM_HOME environment variable to the same directory your synced node is using if it's not using the default location, for example:
$ export MTM_HOME=$HOME/testnet
$ mtm tx microtick cancel-quote <quote id>
Cancels a quote and removes it from the market and the consensus weighted average. Note that a quote cannot be canceled until it's "Can Modify" time has been reached (default 30 seconds). More information on that on the Query Quote page.
If a quote has become stale (has not been modified in 2 times its duration) any third party can step in and cancel the quote. In this case a percentage of the backing is collected by the third party and is a strong incentive to keep quotes updated and accurate.
A quote may be canceled by someone other than the provider if the Time 2x limitation described below has passed:
