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POST accounts/:id/orders/bracket

Allows to (re)place or estimate impact of a bracket order against a certain account. The responses are the same for all bracket order insert and replace calls as the responses for old order calls (including impact). OrderGroupID and orderClass will be filled out for bracket orders in response.

Request

Name	Type	Description
Nameid	TypeString	DescriptionAccount number against which order is being submitted. Can occur in the 'Location' header only.
NamesymbolId	TypeInteger	DescriptionInternal symbol identifier.
NameprimaryRoute	TypeEnumeration	DescriptionPrimary order route (e.g., "AUTO").
NamesecondaryRoute	TypeEnumeration	DescriptionSecondary order route (e.g., "NYSE").
Namecomponents	TypeComplex	DescriptionList of bracket order components

Data for each component of a bracket order.

Name	Type	Description
NameorderId	TypeInteger	DescriptionOrder ID of active order, or 0 for new order
Namequantity	TypeDouble	DescriptionOrder quantity
Nameaction	TypeEnumeration	DescriptionOrder (e.g., "Buy "), required only on initial insertion See Order Action section for all allowed values.
NamelimitPrice	TypeDouble	DescriptionLimit price
NamestopPrice	TypeDouble	DescriptionStop price
NameorderType	TypeEnumeration	DescriptionOrder type (e.g., "Market "). See Order Type section for all allowed values.
NametimeInForce	TypeEnumeration	DescriptionOrder duration (e.g., "DAY "). See Order Duration section for all allowed values.
NameorderClass	TypeEnumeration	DescriptionFor bracket order describes the type of component See Order Class section for all allowed values

New Bracket

Primary and only one of the exit orders are required.

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://api01.iq.questrade.com/v1/accounts/90000004/orders/bracket

POST https://api01.iq.questrade.com/v1/accounts/90000004/orders/bracket/impact

{
     "symbolId": 27426,
     "primaryRoute": "AUTO",
     "secondaryRoute": "AUTO",
     "components": [
          {
               "limitPrice": 2,
               "stopPrice":  3,
               "orderType": "StopLimit",
               "timeInForce": "Day",
               "orderClass": "Primary",
               "quantity": 100,
               "action": "Buy"
          },
          {
               "limitPrice": 1000,
               "orderType":  "Limit",
               "timeInForce":  "Day",
               "orderClass": "Limit",
               "quantity": 100,
               "action": "Sell"
          },
          {
               "limitPrice": 0.9,
               "stopPrice": 1,
               "orderType": "StopLimit",
               "timeInForce": "Day",
               "orderClass":  "StopLoss",
               "quantity":  100,
               "action": "Sell"
          }
     ]
}

New bracket on existing order

Primary orderId and one of the exit orders are required.

Sample request

HTTP

{
POST https://api01.iq.questrade.com/v1/accounts/90000004/orders/bracket

POST https://api01.iq.questrade.com/v1/accounts/90000004/orders/bracket/impact

{
     "symbolId":27426 ,
     "primaryRoute": "AUTO",
     "secondaryRoute": "AUTO",
     "components": [
        {
             "orderId": 123456789,
             "orderClass": "Primary"
        },
        {
             "limitPrice": 1000,
             "orderType": "Limit",
             "timeInForce": "Day",
             "orderClass": "Limit",
             "quantity": 100,
             "action": "Sell"
        },
        {
             "limitPrice": 0.9,
             "stopPrice": 1,
             "orderType": "StopLimit",
             "timeInForce": "Day",
             "orderClass":"StopLoss",
             "quantity": 100,
             "action": "Sell"
        }
    ]
}

New bracket on position

Both exit orders are required otherwise just place a single order.

Sample request

HTTP

{
POST https://api01.iq.questrade.com/v1/accounts/90000004/orders/bracket

POST https://api01.iq.questrade.com/v1/accounts/90000004/orders/bracket/impact

{
     "symbolId": 27426,
     "primaryRoute": "AUTO",
     "secondaryRoute":"AUTO",
     "components": [
        {
             "limitPrice": 1000,
             "orderType": "Limit",
             "timeInForce": "Day",
             "orderClass": "Limit",
             "quantity": 100,
             "action": "Sell"
        },
        {
             "limitPrice": 0.9,
             "stopPrice": 1,
             "orderType":  "StopLimit",
             "timeInForce":  "Day",
             "orderClass":  "StopLoss",
             "quantity": 100,
             "action": "Sell"
        }
    ]
}

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