# OANDA API POST /v3/accounts/{accountID}/orders

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This is the markdown version of https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/oanda/endpoints/post-orders, written from the same records as that page.

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Create an order. Market, limit, stop, market if touched and dependent orders all go through this one endpoint. Returns 201.

- Request: `POST /v3/accounts/{accountID}/orders`
- Version: v3
- Group: Orders
- Status: verified. Source: [developer.oanda.com](https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/order-ep/), checked 2026-10-12.
- Official reference: https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/order-ep/

Note: Confirmed on the official order endpoints page. Method, path and request parameters were re-read on that page on 12 Oct 2026 and agree with this record; the mock reply was not compared field by field. Success is HTTP 201, not 200; 400 means the order was rejected and the body carries orderRejectTransaction. Units are strings. Test on a practice account first.

## Parameters

- `Accept-Datetime-Format` (in header, type string, optional): Optional. RFC3339 (default) or UNIX for epoch seconds in datetime fields.
- `Content-Type` (in header, type string, required): Send application/json on every request with a body.
- `accountID` (in path, type string, required): Account ID from GET /v3/accounts. Mock value shown.
- `order` (in body, type object, required): The order request. For a market order: type MARKET, instrument, units (positive to buy, negative to sell), timeInForce FOK, positionFill DEFAULT.

### Authentication headers

- `Authorization` (type string, required): Send Bearer followed by your personal access token. Placeholder only: never paste a real token into this site.

## Request

Written from the method, path and parameters recorded on this page, against the demo host. Not executed against a live or demo account. Credentials are read from environment variables on your own machine and are never entered on this site. The request builder at https://openbrokerapi.com/tools/request-builder writes these same snippets, from the same record.

This call takes a request body. The samples send it as JSON with a placeholder for each of the 1 body field the record marks as required. Each placeholder has to be replaced with a real value before the request can succeed.

The owner's quickstart ends with one script that logs in, reads positions, sends this request and reads the confirmation, dry run by default: https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/oanda/quickstart#step-7

### Python

```python
# Set OANDA_TOKEN, OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# Optional and not shown: headers Accept-Datetime-Format.
import os
import requests

BASE_URL = "https://api-fxpractice.oanda.com"  # the demo host
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["OANDA_TOKEN"],
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
body = {"order": {}}
resp = requests.post(BASE_URL + "/v3/accounts/" + os.environ["OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID"] + "/orders", headers=headers, json=body, timeout=10)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.json())
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
// Set OANDA_TOKEN, OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
// Optional and not shown: headers Accept-Datetime-Format.
// Run as a module, for example a .mjs file, on a Node version that has fetch built in.
const BASE_URL = "https://api-fxpractice.oanda.com"; // the demo host
const res = await fetch(BASE_URL + "/v3/accounts/" + process.env.OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID + "/orders", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.OANDA_TOKEN,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"order": {}}),
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
console.log(await res.json());
```

### curl

```bash
# Set OANDA_TOKEN, OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID as environment variables first. Never paste real values into code.
# Optional and not shown: headers Accept-Datetime-Format.
curl -X POST "https://api-fxpractice.oanda.com/v3/accounts/$OANDA_ACCOUNT_ID/orders" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OANDA_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"order": {}}'
```

## Response

A mock response. The values are invented, so check field names against the [official reference](https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/order-ep/).

```json
{
  "_mock": true,
  "orderCreateTransaction": {
    "id": "9002",
    "type": "MARKET_ORDER",
    "instrument": "EUR_USD",
    "units": "1000",
    "timeInForce": "FOK",
    "positionFill": "DEFAULT",
    "reason": "CLIENT_ORDER",
    "accountID": "101-004-MOCK-001",
    "time": "2026-09-18T08:00:02.000000000Z"
  },
  "orderFillTransaction": {
    "id": "9003",
    "type": "ORDER_FILL",
    "orderID": "9002",
    "instrument": "EUR_USD",
    "units": "1000",
    "price": "1.10020",
    "tradeOpened": {
      "tradeID": "9003",
      "units": "1000"
    },
    "accountID": "101-004-MOCK-001",
    "time": "2026-09-18T08:00:02.000000000Z"
  },
  "relatedTransactionIDs": [
    "9002",
    "9003"
  ],
  "lastTransactionID": "9003"
}
```

## Response schema, HTTP 201

Every field this site's OpenAPI file for OANDA (https://openbrokerapi.com/specs/oanda.json) declares for this response.

- `orderCreateTransaction` (object): Not recorded
  - `id` (string): Not recorded
  - `type` (string): Not recorded
  - `instrument` (string): Not recorded
  - `units` (string): Not recorded
  - `timeInForce` (string): Not recorded
  - `positionFill` (string): Not recorded
  - `reason` (string): Not recorded
  - `accountID` (string): Not recorded
  - `time` (string): Not recorded
- `orderFillTransaction` (object): Not recorded
  - `id` (string): Not recorded
  - `type` (string): Not recorded
  - `orderID` (string): Not recorded
  - `instrument` (string): Not recorded
  - `units` (string): Not recorded
  - `price` (string): Not recorded
  - `tradeOpened` (object): Not recorded
    - `tradeID` (string): Not recorded
    - `units` (string): Not recorded
  - `accountID` (string): Not recorded
  - `time` (string): Not recorded
- `relatedTransactionIDs` (array of string): Not recorded
- `lastTransactionID` (string): Not recorded

Status: unverified. No source opened. This schema is not sourced to a page of the provider's own that we opened, so check field names against the official reference.

## Limits that apply at OANDA

- Headline limit: 120/s per IP address, HTTP 429 above it
  - Scope: ip
  - Status: verified. Source: [developer.oanda.com](https://developer.oanda.com/rest-live-v20/development-guide/), checked 2026-10-03.
  - Note: Best practices. Also 2 new connections a second. The development guide separately states 120 requests a second per IP address, read 24 Sep 2026; the two figures are in different units and neither replaces the other.

## More on the OANDA API

- [All OANDA API endpoints](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/oanda/endpoints): 33 documented, grouped by what they do.
- [OANDA API quickstart](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/oanda/quickstart)
- [All OANDA API error codes](https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/oanda)
- [OANDA API page](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/oanda): The full record: access, authentication, limits and the source for each.
- [OANDA API as an OpenAPI file](https://openbrokerapi.com/specs/oanda.json): Generated from these endpoint records. Independent and unofficial.

## Licence and how to cite

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Cite as: OANDA API POST /v3/accounts/{accountID}/orders. Broker API Hub, https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/oanda/endpoints/post-orders, newest check 2026-10-12.

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