Create an Order

POST {{baseUrl}}/v2/orders

Places a new order for the given account. An order request may be rejected if the account is not authorized for trading, or if the tradable balance is insufficient to fill the order.

Request Body

{"symbol"=>"AAPL", "qty"=>"2", "side"=>"buy", "type"=>"limit", "limit_price"=>"150", "time_in_force"=>"gtc"}

HEADERS

KeyDatatypeRequiredDescription
Content-Typestring
Acceptstring
Apca-Api-Key-Idstring
Apca-Api-Secret-Keystring

RESPONSES

status: OK

{"id":"b3edb0f5-5950-4c7a-a472-ce64387a27d9","client_order_id":"cb7240f4-f2b1-464a-b2c2-4388b2de2082","created_at":"2024-03-22T20:40:50.916594602Z","updated_at":"2024-03-22T20:40:50.916637002Z","submitted_at":"2024-03-22T20:40:50.915476843Z","filled_at":null,"expired_at":null,"canceled_at":null,"failed_at":null,"replaced_at":null,"replaced_by":null,"replaces":null,"asset_id":"a1733398-6acc-4e92-af24-0d0667f78713","symbol":"ETH/USD","asset_class":"crypto","notional":null,"qty":"0.02","filled_qty":"0","filled_avg_price":null,"order_class":"","order_type":"limit","type":"limit","side":"buy","time_in_force":"gtc","limit_price":"2100","stop_price":null,"status":"pending_new","extended_hours":false,"legs":null,"trail_percent":null,"trail_price":null,"hwm":null,"subtag":null,"source":null}