diff --git a/examples/create_modify_cancel_skip_nonce.py b/examples/create_modify_cancel_skip_nonce.py
index f0a20e8..0bacde7 100644
--- a/examples/create_modify_cancel_skip_nonce.py
+++ b/examples/create_modify_cancel_skip_nonce.py
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 import asyncio
+
+from lighter.nonce_manager import NonceManagerType
 from utils import default_example_setup
 
 
 async def main():
-    client, api_client, _ = default_example_setup()
+    # noop nonce manager
+    client, api_client, _ = default_example_setup(nonce_management_type=NonceManagerType.NONE)
     client.check_client()
 
     # Note: change this to 2048 to trade spot ETH. Make sure you have at least 0.1 ETH to trade spot.
     market_index = 0
 
     # create order
-    api_key_index, base_nonce = client.nonce_manager.next_nonce()
-    nonce_interval = 1000
+    api_key_index, base_nonce = 4, 22 # can't use client.nonce_manager.next_nonce()
+    nonce_interval = 3
     tx, tx_hash, err = await client.create_order(
         market_index=market_index,
         client_order_index=123,
diff --git a/examples/utils.py b/examples/utils.py
index 8ae2f29..3c63a41 100644
--- a/examples/utils.py
+++ b/examples/utils.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def get_api_key_config(config_file="./api_key_config.json"):
     return cfg["baseUrl"], cfg["accountIndex"], private_key
 
 
-def default_example_setup(config_file="./api_key_config.json") -> Optional[Tuple[lighter.SignerClient, lighter.ApiClient, websockets.connect]]:
+def default_example_setup(config_file="./api_key_config.json", nonce_management_type=lighter.nonce_manager.NonceManagerType.OPTIMISTIC) -> Optional[Tuple[lighter.SignerClient, lighter.ApiClient, websockets.connect]]:
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
     base_url, account_index, private_keys = get_api_key_config(config_file)
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def default_example_setup(config_file="./api_key_config.json") -> Optional[Tuple
         url=base_url,
         account_index=account_index,
         api_private_keys=private_keys,
+        nonce_management_type=nonce_management_type,
     )
 
     err = client.check_client()
diff --git a/lighter/__init__.py b/lighter/__init__.py
index b00a28b..fd7a3d5 100644
--- a/lighter/__init__.py
+++ b/lighter/__init__.py
@@ -225,3 +225,4 @@
     PaperPosition,
     PaperTrade,
 )
+from lighter.nonce_manager import NonceManagerType
diff --git a/lighter/nonce_manager.py b/lighter/nonce_manager.py
index c2c6db6..aedb260 100644
--- a/lighter/nonce_manager.py
+++ b/lighter/nonce_manager.py
@@ -97,9 +97,36 @@ def next_nonce(self, api_key: Optional[int] = None) -> Tuple[int, int]:
         return api_key, nonce
 
 
+class NoOpNonceManager(NonceManager):
+    """For users who provide their own nonces (skip_nonce mode)."""
+    # noinspection PyMissingConstructor
+    def __init__(self, account_index, api_client, api_keys_list):
+        # Skip super().__init__() to avoid the HTTP call
+        self.account_index = account_index
+        self.api_client = api_client
+        self.api_keys_list = api_keys_list
+        self.nonce = {}
+        self.current = 0
+
+    def next_nonce(self, api_key=None):
+        raise ValidationError(
+            "NoOpNonceManager does not manage nonces. "
+            "You must provide nonce and api_key_index explicitly."
+        )
+
+    def acknowledge_failure(self, api_key):
+        pass  # no-op
+
+    def refresh_nonce(self, api_key):
+        pass  # no-op
+
+    def hard_refresh_nonce(self, api_key):
+        pass  # no-op
+
 class NonceManagerType(enum.Enum):
     OPTIMISTIC = 1
     API = 2
+    NONE = 3
 
 
 def nonce_manager_factory(
@@ -120,4 +147,10 @@ def nonce_manager_factory(
             api_client=api_client,
             api_keys_list=api_keys_list,
         )
+    elif nonce_manager_type == NonceManagerType.NONE:
+        return NoOpNonceManager(
+            account_index=account_index,
+            api_client=api_client,
+            api_keys_list=api_keys_list,
+        )
     raise ValidationError("invalid nonce manager type")
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