This action will place a new day market order for the given symbol, side and quantity.
- API endpoint slug
- alpaca.place_market_order
- Filter code method
- Alpaca.placeMarketOrder.skip(string?: reason)
- Runtime method
- runAction("alpaca.place_market_order", {})
Action fields
- Label
- Symbol
- Helper text
- The symbol to place the order for.
- Slug
- symbol
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- true
- Filter code method
- Alpaca.placeMarketOrder.setSymbol(string: symbol)
- Label
- Side
- Helper text
- The side to place the order for.
- Slug
- side
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- true
- Filter code method
- Alpaca.placeMarketOrder.setSide(string: side)
- Label
- Quantity
- Helper text
- The number of shares to place the order for.
- Slug
- qty
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- true
- Filter code method
- Alpaca.placeMarketOrder.setQty(string: qty)