order-execution

Confirm Order

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Returns estimated cost and commission information for an order without the order actually being placed. Request valid for Market, Limit, Stop Market, Stop Limit, Options and Order Sends Order (OSO) order types. The fields that are returned in the response depend on the order type. The following shows the different fields that will be returned.

Base Confirmation (All confirmations will have these fields)

  • Route
  • Duration
  • Account
  • SummaryMessage
  • OrderConfirmId

Equity Confirmation (Base Confirmation fields + the following)

  • EstimatedPrice
  • EstimatedPriceDisplay
  • EstimatedCost
  • EstimatedCostDisplay
  • EstimatedCommission
  • EstimatedCommissionDisplay
  • DebitCreditEstimatedCost
  • DebitCreditEstimatedCostDisplay

Forex Confirmation (Base Confirmation fields + the following)

  • BaseCurrency
  • CounterCurrency
  • InitialMarginDisplay

Futures Confirmation (Base Confirmation fields + the following)

  • ProductCurrency
  • AccountCurrency
  • EstimatedCost
  • EstimatedPrice
  • EstimatedPriceDisplay
  • InitialMarginDisplay
  • EstimatedCommission
  • EstimatedCommissionDisplay
post/v2/orders/confirm

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.tradestation.com
  • URL
    https://api.tradestation.com/v2/orders/confirm
  • Auth
    • OAuth 2
      Authorization code: https://api.tradestation.com/v2/security/authorize
      Token URL: https://api.tradestation.com/v2/security/authorize scopes: trade
    • or OAuth 2
      Client credentials
      Token URL: https://api.tradestation.com/v2/security/authorize scopes: trade

Request body

AccountKeystring required

Must be a valid Account Key for that user and Asset Type

AssetType'EQ' | 'FU' | 'OP' required
Durationstring required

Allowed durations vary by Asset Type

  • DAY - Day, valid until the end of the regular trading session.
  • DYP - Day Plus; valid until the end of the extended trading session
  • GTC - Good till canceled
  • GCP - Good till canceled plus
  • GTD - Good through date
  • GDP - Good through date plus
  • OPG - At the opening; only valid for listed stocks at the opening session Price
  • CLO - On Close; orders that target the closing session of an exchange.
  • IOC - Immediate or Cancel; filled immediately or canceled, partial fills are accepted
  • FOK - Fill or Kill; orders are filled entirely or canceled, partial fills are not accepted
  • 1 or 1 MIN - 1 minute; expires after the 1 minute
  • 3 or 3 MIN - 3 minutes; expires after the 3 minutes
  • 5 or 5 MIN - 5 minutes; expires after the 5 minutes
GTDDatestring mmddyyyy

Date that Order is valid through. Input Format: MM/DD/YYYY Required for orders with Duration = GTD.

LimitPricestring
StopPricestring
OrderType'Limit' | 'Market' | 'StopLimit' | 'StopMarket' required
Quantitystring required
Routestring

The route of the order. For Stocks and Options, Route value will default to Intelligent if no value is set. Must be UPPERCASE. Routes can be obtained from Retrieve Available Exchanges.

Symbolstring required

Must be UPPERCASE

TradeAction'BUY' | 'SELL' | 'BUYTOCOVER' | 'SELLSHORT' | 'BUYTOOPEN' | 'BUYTOCLOSE' | 'SELLTOOPEN' | 'SELLTOCLOSE' required

Conveys the intent of the trade

  • BUY - equities and futures
  • SELL - equities and futures
  • BUYTOCOVER - equities
  • SELLSHORT - equities
  • BUYTOOPEN - options
  • BUYTOCLOSE - options
  • SELLTOOPEN - options
  • SELLTOCLOSE - options

Response

Order Confirm Response

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