Place Market Order

This action will place a new day market order for the given symbol, side and quantity.

About this action

Triggers, queries, and actions are the building blocks of Applets. Triggers tell an Applet to start, queries ask a question, and actions are its end result.

Developer info

Description: 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

Symbol Text input > Title

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)

Side Dropdown list

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)

Qty Text input > Title

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)