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POST accounts/:id/orders/strategy[/impact]

Allows to (re)place or estimate impact of a multi-leg strategy order against a certain account.

Sample Request

PropertyTypeDescription
id
String
Account number against which order is being submitted.

Can occur in the ‘Location’ header only.
symbolId
Integer
Internal symbol identifier.

Always an underlying symbol Id.
limitPrice
Double
Limit price
orderType
Enumeration
Order type (e.g., "Market").

See Order Type section for all allowed values.
timeInForce
Enumeration
Order duration (e.g., "DAY").

See Order Duration section for all allowed values.
primaryRoute
Enumeration
Primary order route (e.g., "AUTO").
secondaryRoute
Enumeration
Secondary order route (e.g., "NYSE").
legs
Complex
Legs data
strategy
Enumeration
Strategy type (e.g. “CoveredCall”)

See Strategy Types section for all allowed values.

InsertOrderLegData

Order Leg Data coming from client

NameTypeDefaultDescription
symbolId
Integer
 
Internal symbol identifier.
action
Enumeration
 
Leg action (e.g. “Buy”)
See Order Action section for all allowed values.
legQuantity
Integer
 
Leg quantity

Maximum of 4 legs is allowed.

If the Strategy Type is set as not Custom, then it will be verified to the mentioned strategy.

NOTE: Leg quantities will be factorized. For example, if you place quantities of 10 and 1000, then they will be sent as an order quantity of 10 and leg ratio quantities of 1 and 100. Price also uses a factorized strategy. Refer to the strategy quote call to be sure which price to use.

New Strategy

Data is the same but URLs for insertion and impact are slightly different.

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

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

{
    "symbolId":  27426,
    "quantity":  1,
    "limitPrice": -1.23,
    "orderType": "Limit",
    "timeInForce": "Day",
    "primaryRoute": "MNGD",
    "secondaryRoute": "AUTO",
    "legs": [
        {
            "symbolId": 10550014,
            "action": "Sell",
            "legRatioQty": 10
        },
        {
            "symbolId": 27426,
            "action": "Buy",
            "legRatioQty": 1000
        }
    ],
    "strategy": "Custom"
}

Sample JSON response for impact:


{
    "estimatedCommissions":  30.830048,
    "buyingPowerEffect": -14161.660096,
    "buyingPowerResult": 1957395.027392,
    "maintExcessEffect": -7080.830048,
    "maintExcessResult": 978697.513696,
    "tradeValueCalculation":"10 x (-1.23) x 100 = CR 1,230.00 USD",
    "legs": [
        {
              "legId": 0,
              "symbol": "MSFT",
              "symbolId": 27426,
              "legRatioQuantity": 100,
              "side": "Buy",
              "avgExecPrice": null,
              "lastExecPrice": null
        },
        {
              "legId": 1,
              "symbol": "MSFT20Jan17C70.00",
              "symbolId":" 7413503,
              "legRatioQuantity": 1,
              "side": "STO",
              "avgExecPrice": null,
              "lastExecPrice": null
        }
    ],
      "side": "Buy",
      "effect":  "Credit",
      "price":  -1.23,
      "strategy": "CoveredCall"
}

Sample JSON response for insertion:

        
{
    "orderId": 330711306  ,
    "orders": [
        {
              "id": 330711306 ,
              "symbol": "MSFT",
              "symbolId":  27426,
              "totalQuantity":  10,
              "openQuantity": 10,
              "filledQuantity": 0,
              "canceledQuantity": 0,
              "side": "Buy",
              "orderType": "Limit",
              "limitPrice": -1.23,
              "stopPrice": null,
              "isAllOrNone": false,
              "isAnonymous": false,
              "icebergQuantity": null,
              "minQuantity":  null,
              "avgExecPrice":  0,
              "lastExecPrice": null,
              "source": "TradingAPI",
              "timeInForce": "Day",
              "gtdDate":  null,
              "state": "Pending",
              "rejectionReason": "",
              "chainId":  330711306,
              "creationTime": "2015-08-24T15:48:58.476000-04:00",
              "updateTime": "2015-08-24T15:48:58.594000-04:00",
              "notes": "",
              "primaryRoute": "MNGD",
              "secondaryRoute": "AUTO",
              "orderRoute":  "MNGD",
              "venueHoldingOrder":  "",
              "comissionCharged":  0,
              "exchangeOrderId": "",
              "isSignificantShareHolder": false,
              "isInsider": false,
              "isLimitOffsetInDollar": false,
              "userId": 90040,
              "placementCommission": null,
              "legs": [
                  {
                        "legId": 0,
                        "symbol": "MSFT",
                        "symbolId":  27426,
                        "legRatioQuantity":  100,
                        "side": "Buy",
                        "avgExecPrice": 0,
                        "lastExecPrice": null
                  },
                  {
                        "legId":1,
                        "symbol": "MSFT20Jan17C70.00",
                        "symbolId": 7413503,
                        "legRatioQuantity": 1,
                        "side": "STO",
                        "avgExecPrice": 0,
                        "lastExecPrice": null
                  }
              ],
              "strategyType": "CoveredCall",
              "triggerStopPrice": null,
              "orderGroupId": 0,
              "orderClass": null,
              "isCrossZero": false
        }
        ...
    ]
}

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